#dying

The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#comedians #dying #every #frequency #i

Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime! ↗

— Raymond Smullyan

#dying #going #happen #i #lifetime

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got. ↗

— Kurt Cobain

#after #becoming #best #completely #death

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#away #close #come #doors #dying

Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner. ↗

— Frank Dobson

#britain #cause #causes #death #dying

The difficulty is not that great to die for a friend, the hard part is finding a friend worth dying for. ↗

— Henry Home

#difficulty #dying #finding #friend #great

Love is when you love someone’s spirit as much as their body, even if their spirit has departed and their body is buried wherever you hid it. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#death #dying #funny #humor #love

I thought about dying whenever I got bad news about other people. ↗

— Jonah Lomu

#bad #bad news #dying #got #i

It's strange how deliberate people are after a death. All the indecision suddenly vanishes into clear, defined moments - changing the linens, choosing a dress or a hymn, the washing up, the muttering of prayers. All the small, simple, conscious acts of living a sudden defense against the dying we do every day. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#inspirational #philosophy #poetry #age