Afraid Of Death Quotes

• Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Life, Death, Anticipation

  "The Mother". Play by Bertolt Brecht, 1930.

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• Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.

  James F. Byrnes

  Life, Happiness, Death

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• Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Death, People, Eulogy

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• The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Death

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• I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

  Stephen Hawking

  Firsts, Want, Not Afraid

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

  Jean Giraudoux

  Death, Order, Games

  Jean Giraudoux (1964). “Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux”

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

  Derek Jarman

  Dying, Ostracism, Morphine

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

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• I'm not afraid of death. I'm going home.

  Patrick Swayze

  Home, Last Words, Not Afraid

  Patrick Swayze's last words, as quoted by his family, prior to his death from pancreatic cancer, 2009.

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• Do not be afraid of death. Be afraid of the half-lived life!

  Laird Hamilton

  Insperational, Half

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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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• Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

  Mark Twain

  Death, Motivational Sports, Fear

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.54, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.

  Derek Jarman

  Death, Pain, Taken

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

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• I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Want, Way, Obscure

  Isabelle Eberhardt (2003). “The Nomad: The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt”, Interlink Publishing Group Incorporated

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• Total peace after death, becoming someone else, is the best hope I've got.

  Kurt Cobain

  Becoming, Hoping For The Best, After Death

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• Atheism is a fairy story for people afraid of the Light.

  John Lennox

  Light, Fairy Stories, Afterlife

  "An Evening With John Lennox". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. August 7, 2011.

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• Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

  Natalie Babbitt

  Inspirational, Life, Death

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• Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Life, Death, Fear

  Bertolt Brecht, Maksim Gorky (1978). “The mother”, Grove/Atlantic

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• There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Dark, Fairy Stories, Afterlife

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• I'm not afraid of dying I'm afraid of not trying

  Jay-Z

  Success, Young Entrepreneurs, Dying

  Jay-Z (2010). “Decoded (Enhanced Edition)”, p.298, Random House Group

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• I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

  Stephen Hawking

  Death, Suicide, Dark

  "Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'". Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.

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• I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Sad, Death

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• Why are you afraid of death? Where you are, death is not. Where death is, you are not. What is it that you fear.

  Epicurus

  Where You Are

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• I know that as a very young child, I was afraid of death. Many children become aware of the notion of death early and it can be a very troubling thing. We're all in this continuum: I'm this age now, and if I live long enough I'll be that age. I was 20 once, I was 10, I was 4. People who are 20 now will be 50 one day. They don't know that! They know it in the abstract, but they don't know it. I'd like them to know it, because I think it gives you compassion.

  Charlie Kaufman

  Children, Thinking, Compassion

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• People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end.

  Garth Stein

  Dark, People, Speak

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• Do you have any coffee?'...'It stunts my growth, and I'm afraid of death.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Coffee, Growth

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.154, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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