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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.

How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die.

Quotes by Thomas Cole

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

Quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay

In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later, their foster families are murdered, and these three orphans are once again the only survivors.

Quotes by Tess Gerritsen

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

Quotes by Terry Pratchett

I've always told Bindi, 'If anything ever happened to me, I will always watch over you from Heaven.' But she always understood because, living at a zoo, animals die; she's seen death. She knows what death is.

Quotes by Terri Irwin

Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that.

Quotes by Terence Fisher

Swear you'd rather die than use 'literally' as an intensifier.

Quotes by Teju Cole

I think about 'The Simpsons,' which has been going on for 25 years. Homer is still in his late 30's. Lisa is 8, Bart is 10. Their stories are told. Yet the series keeps going on and on like a...

Quotes by Ted Naifeh

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.

Quotes by Tecumseh

I remember thinking, 'If I can make Tina Fey laugh, I can die happy.'

Quotes by Taylor Louderman

Every single day, I get up and I say, 'I am going to live and not die.'

Quotes by Tammy Faye Bakker

I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.

Quotes by Talulah Riley

When they told me I had cancer, I thought I was going to die.

Quotes by Taboo

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

Quotes by Tacitus

I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think...

Quotes by T. J. Miller

In previous generations, there was purpose; you had to die, but there was God, and literature and culture would go on. Now, there is no God, and our species is imminently doomed, so there is no purpose. We get up,...

Quotes by T. C. Boyle

You're much better off as a love goddess to die around the age of 40.

Quotes by Sylvia Kristel

I do not want an animal to die for me.

Quotes by Sylvie Guillem

I have my hormones balanced. Most doctors are giving women synthetic hormones, which just eliminate the symptoms, but it's doing nothing to actually replace the hormones you have lost. Without our hormones we die.

Quotes by Suzanne Somers

I loved 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I read it later as an adult, but I loved 'We Have Always Lived in a Castle.' And that brings you around to 'The Lottery.' You can't pretend - it's a lottery in...

Quotes by Suzanne Collins

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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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