“By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom.” KnowsDiesKnowingOne DaySixty Author:Terry Pratchett
“And one day, this thing happened to me: I coughed, and the blood just came gushing out of my mouth. ... I still can't believe that that happened to me, but I sat there, and I said to God, 'Well, if it means I'm going to die, that's OK.' I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.” IfsThinkingBelieveWellsKindMeanSaidStillsDiesFeltHappenedBloodOne DayMouthsThings HappenSatSerenity Author:Desmond Tutu
“We all know we're going to die one day, but who wants to think about it? What's sustainable is joy, pleasure and freedom.” ThinkingKnowsWantJoyDiesPleasureOne Day Author:Dean Ornish
“One day, a new ideal will arise, and there will be an end to all wars. I die convinced of this. It will need much hard work, but it will be achieved The important thing, until that happens, is to hold one's banner high and to struggle Without struggle there is no life.” NeedsImportantWarEndsHardHappensDiesPeaceStruggleHard WorkOne DayIdealsImportant ThingsConvincedAriseBanner Author:Kathe Kollwitz
“We should all die with a sharp, brusque heart attack. My father was lucky like that. One day he went hunting. He had a good day, he killed a lot of game, he was with his best friends. He said, "Ah, I'm still a good hunter." Then he said, "I don't feel well," and in 30 seconds it was all over.” FeelsShouldWellsHeartSaidStillsDiesFatherGamesOne DayLuckySecondsHuntingHuntersGood DayHeart Attack Author:Alain Resnais
“People ask me whether I think that one day I might wake up one morning and run dry, but I've had the opposite feeling - that I would die before I had time to write all the ideas in my drawer.” PeopleThinkingWritingIdeasFeelingsMightRunningDiesAsksMorningOne DayOppositesWake UpAsk MeDryDrawers Author:Woody Allen
“If, for example, one day Ki Bagoes Hadikoesoemo becomes the Indonesian Head of State, and dies, won't his child be [his replacement]? Then because of that I do not adhere to the principle of monarchism.” IfsChildrenStatesDiesPrinciplesExampleOne DayReplacementsHead Of State Author:Sukarno
“It is not that love sometimes makes mistakes, but that it is, essentially, a mistake. We fall in love when our imagination projects nonexistent perfections on to another person. One day the phantasmagoria vanishes, and with it love dies.” PersonsSometimesDiesFallImaginationMistakeOne DayProjectsPerfectionFalling In LoveMaking Mistakes Book:Einstein Intersection Source: Einstein Intersection
“I feel strongly, because a man who will himself die one day in the not to distant future and, also, as a psychiatrist who spent decades dealing with death anxiety, that confronting death allows us, not to open some noisome, Pandora's box, but to re-enter life in a richer, more compassionate manner.” MenFeelsDeathDiesOne DayAnxietyBoxesDecadesCompassionatePsychiatristConfrontingPandoraDealing With DeathPandora's Box Author:Irvin D. Yalom
“A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it.” MadeMovingDiesOne DayFilmmaker Author:John Huston
“When I direct my own scripts, it's much easier as it's been in my head for a year already... What I love about this is having an idea and seeing it come to fruition on screen. I would like to direct someone else's script one day, but I might not get round to it before I die - you can't legislate for being hit by a bus!” YearsIdeasMightDiesMy OwnSeeingEasierOne DayDirectRoundsScriptsBusFruitionBefore I Die Author:Ricky Gervais
“[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and the politicians are very weak. Everything that is weak dies one day.” CountryDiesDemocracyPoliticianOne DayWeakOur CountryBrazilWeakening Author:Carolina Maria de Jesus
“People believe a man is in distress because his loved one dies in one day. But his real pain is less futile: it is that he finds out that sadness too does not last. Even pain has no meaning.” PeopleMenBelieveDoeRealPainLastsDiesLossSadnessOne DayLoved OnesDistressFutilityReal Pain Author:Albert Camus