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Die Quotes

What people say they'd live, and die, for.

Some die quotes here are about craft rather than mortality — a musician describes a piano-and-voice foundation strong enough to build a whole career on. For more on beginnings and endings together, see Death quotes.

The thing you see in survivors is that they express feelings - I won't say some of the things they tell their doctors, when doctors tell them they're going to die in six months. Boy, do they let the doctor...

Quotes by Bernie Siegel

There is survival behavior, and doctors need to learn from patients who do not die when they are supposed to, instead of saying, 'You're doing very well, so keep doing whatever you are doing.' They should be asking what their...

Quotes by Bernie Siegel

I think some people do want to die, and they will get a disease. There are people who know their lives are so troubled, and their bodies are getting them out of here.

Quotes by Bernie Siegel

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Quotes by Bertrand Russell

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Quotes by Bertrand Russell

Many a man will have the courage to die gallantly, but will not have the courage to say, or even to think, that the cause for which he is asked to die is an unworthy one.

Quotes by Bertrand Russell

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

Quotes by Bernard Berenson

It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream.

Quotes by Benjamin E. Mays

You can never conquer us, we will die first.

Quotes by Benjamin F. Wade

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.

Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Villains used to always die in the end. Even the monsters. Frankenstein, Dracula - you'd kill them with a stake. Now the nightmare guy comes back.

Quotes by Benicio Del Toro

We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing. It was the strangest thing. Her passing away ripped the solidity out of the world.

Quotes by Ben Okri

Geopolitical drama lessened but did not die after the Cold War; in 2008, the specter of thousands of seeming automatons banging drums at the opening of the Beijing Games frightened and enthralled the world, reminding us that China was a...

Quotes by Ben Shapiro

It's my theory that comedy is going to die out in the year 6000.

Quotes by Ben Miller

If you're going to die on 'Game of Thrones,' you have to die well, haven't you?

Quotes by Bella Ramsey

My secret is one the world needs to know - nearly a billion people a year die from unsafe drinking water.

Quotes by Bella Thorne

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.

Quotes by Belle Boyd

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote here about a musical foundation people "live and die by"?
Yes — one describes it this way: "that's what we live and die by, because if you build up from that foundation, it's going to be strong." It uses "die" figuratively, to express deep commitment to a creative process. For more on the more literal side of the word, see Death quotes.
What's this "Opus Die" reference about?
One speaker mentions it as a pop-culture reference point: "I didn't know anything about Opus Die except from pop culture, like Dan Brown novels, which I knew wasn't really knowing anything about Opus Die." It's presented here exactly as the speaker said it — a comment on how fiction can shape, and limit, what people think they know about something.
Is there a quote about wanting to keep doing something until the end?
Yes — a passionate one: "I feel the ticking clock. And at times, I've said if I don't dance, I'd rather die." It shows how deeply tied to their craft the speaker feels, treating it as essential to who they are. For more quotes about urgency and time running out, browse Dying quotes.
Is there a quote about personal identity here?
Yes — one speaker states their own political identity plainly: "I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing." It's presented here simply as the speaker's own self-described stance, without any added commentary. For related quotes about steadfastness over time, see Died quotes.
What's the common thread across these "die" quotes?
Each uses "die" to express intensity — commitment to craft, curiosity about a cultural reference, urgency about time, and firmness of identity — rather than being literally about death. For more, check out Dies quotes.

Others get more personal, from a dancer who says they'd rather not go on if they couldn't dance, to someone stating a lifelong political identity they don't expect to abandon. Continue with Dying quotes or Died quotes.

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