Quotes About Mortality

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you.

And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds.

Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew.

I've always been fascinated by dark subjects, especially people's reactions to them. Why are people so uncomfortable talking about death if everyone dies?

I mean, they say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

I've seen my own death in dreams like this and it's helped me appreciate life more. I've also seen my own life in dreams and it's helped me appreciate death more.

If you want to endure life, prepare yourself for death.

I never wish death on nobody, cause there ain't coming back from that.

Cast a cold eye on life, on death Horseman pass by

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.

Property is theft. Nobody "owns" anything. When you die, it all stays here.

Without a rifle you are nothing, worthless, you are waiting for death, any minute, any second.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out.

For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them.

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.

No one, at night, really believes he'll live forever.

In the stars is written the death of every man.

Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.

When the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death.