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“The Seventh Men were completely without interest in the universal and the unseen. The beauty which they sought to create was ephemeral and very largely sensuous. And they were well content that it should be so. Personal immortality, said a dying sage, would be as tedious as an endless song.”
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This country is worth dying for.”
Edward Snowden (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dying is a strange business, and I'm not going to bore you with the details. I might have weeks or I might have months and though it's a cliche, it's true that so many of the things I once believed to be important no longer are. ...I find myself reflecting on the essential moments of my life.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The words nearly break my heart, and I feel something crumble inside me. The truth is often a terrible thing, and I wish again that I were someone else. But it is too late now, too late to change anything. I am old and alone and I'm dying a little more with each passing hour. I'm tired, more tired than I've ever been.”
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is impossible to learn to meditate while dying. Therefore, it is a great help to become aware of the dreamlike state of all things during this life, to have understood this at least conceptually, and to have practiced the ability to work with one’s mind for years.”
Lama Ole Nydahl (1941–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now that contemporary art, a system that stands for privilege, nepotism and political connections is finally dying, get out of the fucking way.”
Nick Zedd (1958–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe the body finds untapped reserves when it needs to; maybe the fear of dying makes it do extraordinary things.”
Simon Mayo (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Colonialism strengthened the Western European ruling class and capitalism as a whole. Particularly in its later phases, it was evidently giving a new lease of life to a mode of production that was otherwise dying. From every viewpoint other than that of the minority class of capitalists, colonialism was a monstrous institution holding back the liberation of man.”
Walter Rodney (1942–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I went skydiving, I went rocky mountain climbling, I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Blue Manchu. And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter, and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying. And he said "Someday, I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.”
Tim McGraw (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In your endless summer night I'll be on the other side When you're beautiful and dying All the world that you've denied When the water is too deep You can close your eyes and really sleep tonight Tonight”
Courtney Love (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.”
Sam Manekshaw (1914–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The image of that dying leprosy patient was burning me like a branding iron and would not give me a moment’s rest. From that moment on I was out to conquer fear....Where there is fear there is no love. Where there is no love there is no God.”
Baba Amte (1914–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We know God well, we don't fear dying but we fear only standing in front of God. but as we are sure we are on the right way, there is no problem.”
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (born 1954) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks by el-Sisi during a military conference (28 April 2013).
“I think I stand as much chance of dying in front of a firing squad or in a gas chamber as you do being killed on a plane flight home. Let's hope you don't.”
Ted Bundy (1946–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just as the Judeo-Christian world had learned the Greek language and internalized Greek categories, the Greco-Roman world gradually abandoned its dying gods and became monotheistic.”
Thomas Cahill (1940–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People are dying, houses and entire cities are destroyed leaving millions of refugees. Bodies and souls are mutilated. My heart is bursting with pain. My two native countries are killing each other, that's not what I wanted then and it's not what I want now.”
Natalia Poklonskaya (born 1980) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Russian invasion of Ukraine, April 2022
“Since the great French Revolution all colour has been gradually dying out of the male costume, until we have got reduced to our present gamut of brown, black and neutral tint; which, combined with the chimney-pot hat and the swallow-tailed coat, form a costume by no means particularly adapted to refresh the eye seeking for form or colour.”
William Burges (1827–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Until my dying day I will look back with pride that I found the courage to come face to face in battle against the spectre which for time immemorial has been injecting poison into me and into men of my nature. Many have been driven to suicide because all their happiness in life was tainted. Indeed, I am proud that I found the courage to deal the initial blow to the hydra of public contempt.”
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–1895) said by 1895 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in: Keith Stern (2013), Queers in History: The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Historical Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals. p. 460
“There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn’t expect the recognition would come because people who were familiar with my work were slowly dying off.”
Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in: William Grimes, "Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Economist, Dies at 90" at nytimes.com, June 26, 2008.
“How sad that I returned, how sad, Instead of dying at Baghdad! I say, whene'er things fall amiss, "My coming home hath brought me this.”
Al-Ma'arri (973–1057) said by 1057 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I sat very still, as befitted a small boy among strangers, staring wide-eyed into a world I did not know. I was six years old and my father was dying.”
Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To the oft-repeated question "If Jesus resurrected His physical body why is He not visible here among us?" we would say that Jesus overcame the sins that caused our original fall from the perfect body of the Adamic man to the diseased and dying body in which the race is now existing.”
Charles Fillmore (1854–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dying's a boring side effect.”
Maggie Stiefvater (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In 1951, after the dust of Partition-era transfers settled, the ratio of Muslims to Hindus in East Bengal was about three and a half to one. Three years after Bangladesh won its independence, the ratio of Muslims to Hindus was still only a little higher than six to one,. By 2001, Muslims outnumbered Hindus by a ratio of almost eleven and a half to one. Bangladesh's Hindu population is dying. (30)”
Richard Benkin (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I also think that there's a way to go about things, and there's a way to do things. And I think the issue at hand needs to be addressed internally, and before we move on, because from personal experience, you know, you are living in the hood, living in the inner city, you deal with things, you deal with people dying.”
Richard Sherman (American football) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Press conference (16 September 2015), as quoted in "Video: Richard Sherman speaks passionately on Black Lives Matter" (16 September 2015), by Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington
“Being a loner has its advantages, a self-containment necessary for keeping body and 'soul' alive and progressing. Dying in prison is not such a great problem as living in prison.”
Dennis Nilsen (1945–2018) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Exclusive: Dennis Nilsen: My Prison Life of Drink and Drugs, Mirror.co.uk (27 August, 2005)
“'I deserve to be thought a coward. I am a coward. I'm just so bloody afraid of dying — of losing —'”
Susan Howatch (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jack considered: there were worse things that could happen than him dying. Of course, there were much better things, too.”
Adam Roberts (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“AS A KID I WAS PROMISED an America - An America I believed in - and I insist on living - and dying - in that America, even I have to create it myself.”
Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in 'Alfred Stieglitz' Photo notes, August 1946, p. 65
“Breeze which at the morning blowest, Fly, if faith and truth thou knowest, Say, to my Beloved one turning; He who with thy love is burning Dying sighs where he is hidden ‘Life without thee is forbidden.’”
Hafez (1325–1389) said by 1389 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The composition, harmonies and proportions of those 'intended shapes' is the great and most difficult problem which the modern sculptor attacks, for sculpture is only forms, only spaces embraced by lines which demonstrate them. The secrets of a never dying piece of sculpture is to be had only by undergoing experience.”
Ossip Zadkine (1888–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Loving Haiti, you know, comes in the blood. And loving America, being grateful for what it's afforded my family, there are so many Americans now in my family. That's what also makes it sad to see what's happening now, in terms of how new immigrants are being scapegoated, to hear about children who could have been myself, dying at the border for lack of medical care…”
Edwidge Danticat (born 1969) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On loving both America and Haiti despite the current political climate in “Edwidge Danticat: 'Whether Or Not We Belong Is Not Defined By Us'” in NPR (2019 Aug 30)
“My love is hopeless! I know it. But it will feed me to my dying day.”
William J. Locke (1863–1930) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol (1912), p. 103.
“And Gilbert was dying!”
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘Once you stop learning, you start dying.’ I first heard this maxim by Albert Einstein in my twenties. At the time I thought it was nonsense. How wrong I was. Learning and success are totally interlinked. Do not make the mistake of thinking that learning ends when you complete your final exams.”
Nigel Cumberland (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Chávez’s Marxist legacy continued under his successor, Nicolás Maduro, who watched Venezuela free fall into an economic abyss. The socialization of Venezuela resulted in a crisis where hospitals had no drugs or basic supplies, where the poverty rate went from 30 percent in 1999 to 87 percent in 2016, chronic food shortages erupted, and children and the sick began dying from malnutrition.”
L. K. Samuels (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hell, how do you think the human race ever learned anything, except by trial and error?” “But it all takes such a long, long time,” said Len.” “Everything takes a long time. Birthing takes nine months, and dying takes you all the rest of your life, and what are you complaining about, anyway?”
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) said by 1978 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The thought of dying has never bothered me, but getting hurt, losing blood, becoming crippled and the like—no thanks.”
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was a petal quivering in the slightest breeze, about to fall any moment. Even the slightest insult made me think of dying.”
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Couching this column as a “dying wish” felt a little dramatic, even for a drama person like me. We are not certain how long this season of my battle will be and I do want to share, and reshare, some things with the world that I passionately believe. I write all of this as my “living wish” and hopefully “enduring wish” for you. -->”
Mia Love (1975–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whoever can feel, the love I do tell, Would take by the heel, poor sinners from hell; As downward they're going, to bring them above; To sing of Christ's dying, a Heaven of love.”
Dorothy Ripley (1767–1832) first seen 1819 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Hymn From My Nativity (22 August 1819), p. 18
“Do what you can do, as well as you can do it, every day of your life, and you will end up dying one of the happiest individuals that have ever died.”
Howard Lyman (born 1938) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview in the documentary-film Cowspiracy by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn (2014).
“Every time I see a mirror I’m amazed. I end up wondering who’s taken over the outside of me. A disgusting old goat, from the look of him. The kind I used to snicker at when I was twenty. He scares me, Stance. He looks like a dying man. I’m trapped inside him, and I’m not ready to go.”
“Public works which did not serve the rich and powerful had a way of dying of neglect.”
“I can't tell you how many terrorists we let go, we let get away, because we were worried about a woman or a child dying in the process.”
Brett Velicovich (born 1983) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: An elite soldier on using drones to hunt terrorists — and giving the kill order, Vox, 17 July 2017
“Literally every argument for the Covid vaxxes has proven to be false. They don’t provide immunity. They are not safe. They don’t prevent hospitalization. And now it has been demonstrated that they now increase a Covid patient’s chance of dying.”
Vox Day (born 1968) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Theodore Beale, They Simply Forgot, Vox Popoli, 9 January 2022
“For over sixty years I often cried Katsu! to not avail. And now, while dying, Once more to cry Katsu! Won't change a thing.”
Kokei Sochin (1532–1597) said by 1597 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are millions. We just have to survive. We have an aging white America. They are not making babies. They are dying. It’s a matter of time. The explosion is in our population”
José Ángel Gutiérrez (born 1944) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from videotape referenced in 16 April 2008 Washington Post article Mexican aliens seek to retake ‘stolen’ land
“I am not scared of dying and I am not scared of contempt of court punishment. My fight is against Gopal Parajuli, not other judges. If I have erred it was not a deliberate mistake, please forgive me."'”
Govinda K.C. (born 1957) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On his release on 10th January 2017
“There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying... and he gets himself up on one elbow, and he turns to his mates, who are gathered 'round him and he says...”
Rolf Harris (1930–2023) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1957)