Death Quotes

James Ross Clemens, a cousin of mine, was seriously ill two or three weeks ago in London, but is well now. The report of my illness grew out of his illness; the report of my death was an exaggeration.

Mark Twain
- Death
- Cousin
Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

Lena Horne
- Death
- Angry

The resurrection of Christ is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. It was the seal of the great work that He came on earth to do. It was the crowning proof that the ransom He paid for sinners was accepted, the atonement for sin accomplished, the head of him who had the power of death bruised, and the victory won.

J. C. Ryle
- Work
- Great
- Power
What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.

Oscar Wilde
- Up
- Lifetime
- Duties
Although among heretics and schismatics there is the same Baptism, nevertheless, the remission of sins is not operative among them because of the very rottenness of discord and wickedness of dissension ... Baptism was in them, but it did not profit them outside the Church ... Outside the Church, Baptism works death because of discord.

Saint Augustine
- Death
- Church
- Baptism
'Compromise is necessary,' Max agreed, 'so long as you never give up who you are. That isn’t compromise; that’s spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.'

Charles de Lint
- Up
- Long
- True
What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?

Jessica Savitch
- Death
- Wife
- Value
I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.

Alexander McQueen
- Life
- Good
- Evil