Quotes about life and death
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Life is like a Ferrari, it goes too fast. But that’s ok, because you can’t afford it anyway.
For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
We firmly believe there is more to life than money, beer, and sex. We just don’t know what it is.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
The death of one man: that is a catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of deaths: that is a statistic!
KTKurt Tucholsky1890–1935Often credited to Joseph StalinWhen I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’
SHSydney J. Harris1917–1986Strictly Personal (1953), “Purely Personal Prejudices”
Winston Churchill1874–1965Churchill ended his December 8, 1941 letter to the Japanese Ambassador, declaring that a state of war now existed between the United Kingdom and Japan, with the courtly flourish “I have the honour to be, with high consideration, Sir, Your obedient seI’m not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
Woody Allenborn 1935Without Feathers (1975), “Death (A Play)”.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919The Great Adventure (vol. 19 of The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, national ed.), chapter 1, opening sentences, p. 243 (1926). Douglas MacArthur, speech, July 14, 1935, at the annual reunion of veterans of the Rainbow (42d) Infantry Division, World War
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948Response to a journalist’s question about what his message to the world was. Mahatma: Life of Gandhi 1869-1948 (1968) Reel 13
