Dying Quotes - Page 6

• Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.

  Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Love, Death, Dream

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• No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

  John F. Kennedy

  Fighting, Race, White

  Special Message to Congress on Civil Rights, 19 June 1963

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• Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

  Ronald Reagan

  Witty, Men, Political

  Remarks on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day, delivered 6 June 1984 in Pointe Du Hoc, Normandy, France

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• It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.

  John Steinbeck

  Death, Two, Eden

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.363, Penguin

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• Authority forgets a dying king.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Death, Kings, Forget

  'Idylls of the King' (1842-85) 'The Passing of Arthur' (1869) l. 289

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• How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty.

  Eric Hoffer

  Death, World, Emptiness

  "Thoughts of Eric Hoffer, Including: 'Absolute Faith Corrupts Absolutely". The New York Times Magazine, p. 62, April 25, 1971.

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• Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.

  Sylvia Plath

  Art, Crazy, Mad

  "Lady Lazarus" l. 43 (1963)

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• Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight.

  Charles Rangel

  Military, War, Men

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• I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.

  Derek Jarman

  Ostracism, Morphine, Not Afraid

  Derek Jarman (2010). “At Your Own Risk: A Saint's Testament”

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• A political party is dying before our eyes-and I don't mean the Democrats. I'm talking about the mainstream media, which is being destroyed by the opposition.

  Howard Fineman

  Party, Mean, Eye

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• I am not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.

  Woody Allen

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Death: A Comedy in One Act". Book by Woody Allen, 1975.

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• Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.

  Michael Landon

  Motivational, Positive, Death

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

  Matthew Arnold

  Death, Truth, Men

  'Sohrab and Rustum' (1853) l. 656

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• The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

  W. H. Auden

  Death, Men, Gmos

  W.H. Auden (2016). “Canción de cuna y otros poemas”, p.148, DEBOLS!LLO

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• The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.

  Walter Benjamin

  Art, Epic, Sides

  Walter Benjamin (1968). “Illuminations”, p.97, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner.

  Frank Dobson

  People, Smoking, Gaps

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• In the long run we are all dead.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Funny, Death, Running

  A Tract on Monetary Reform ch. 3 (1923)

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• Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

  Walt Whitman

  Beautiful, Death, Leaves Of Grass

  1860 Leaves of Grass, 'Proto-Leaf', later renamed 'Starting From Paumanok' (from 1867).

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• Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Smile, Uplifting

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• I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Positive Thinking, Not Afraid, Things To Do

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

  Brian Williams

  Life, Death, Dream

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• Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Death, Fathers Day, Children

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.117, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.

  Andy Warhol

  Death, Details, Care

  Andy Warhol (1985). “America”, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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• Life death all does end and each day dies with sleep.

  Gerard Manley Hopkins

  Death, Sleep, Doe

  Gerard Manley Hopkins, “No Worst, There Is None. Pitched Past Pitch Of Grief”

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• If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Change, Spiritual

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