Death Quotes

"Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process of decay is, of all pieces of bad manners, the vulgarest imaginable. For a corpse is, by definition, a person absolutely devoid of savoir vivre."

"I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart."

"It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies."

"Embalm, v.: To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By embalming their dead and thereby deranging the natural balance between animal and vegetable life, the Egyptians made their once fertile and populous country barren and incapable of supporting more than a meagre crew. The modern metallic burial casket is a step in the same direction, and many a dead man who ought now to be ornamenting his neighbor's lawn as a tree, or enriching his table as a bunch of radishes, is doomed to a long inutility. We shall get him after awhile if we are spared, but in the meantime the violet and the rose are languishing for a nibble at his glutaeus maximus."

"On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone will drop to zero."

"We are deeply saddened by these deaths."

"We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead."

"Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion"

"One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly."

"Funerals are all abstract ceremony."

"If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral"

"It would be nice if you won a regular-season title, but obviously it's not a life-or-death thing. Our No. 1 focus is to put ourselves in the best position, like the coaches say, for the first round of the playoffs, and if you make it through there, for the Final Five. Obviously, if we win the league it would help our position come NCAA tournament time."

"There are more rollover deaths now than there used to be. And that's entirely due to more SUVs on the road."

"Nothing lasts for ever but the Earth and sky."

"When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!"

"I died a mineral, and became a plant. I died a plant and rose an animal. I died an animal and I was man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?"

"No man ever saw God and lived. And yet, I shall not live till I see God; and when I have seen him, I shall never die."

"Some do not think of death; they entertain great hopes. They die, and are re-born, and die, over and over again. They are of no use at all! In their conscious minds, they call themselves good."

"Tell the ones you love what they mean to you ... Never part on a bad word, instead kiss and make up before you part, incase you never return once you walk out that door on your journey ... Drive safe on the roads, better be to be late 4 your destination then not arrive at all."

"Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on God, who is the master of all life."