Nick Nolte Quotes

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one.

The only certainty life contains is death.

There are so many ways to be alive, but only one way to be dead.

In the end, living is defined by dying.

Death is an absolute marvel.

Among all the vicissitudes of life, which vary in each individual's experience, there is one event which sooner or later comes to everyone - Death!

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Death is a very important part of life.

Life and death. At some point we're gonna leave this world. Do I know when? Absolutely not.

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.

It is living and ceasing to live that are imaginary solutions. Existence is elsewhere.

Life is but a moment, death also is but another.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

I think about death all the time. I think that's a good thing because we're all going to die, and the only thing we can control is how we are and what we're doing in the meantime.

If you haven't understood that if you are born you die, you scarcely deserve to be able to be alive.

Death showed up in my life very early on, so I'm aware of it. If you look at most of the things I write there's a sort of contemplation of mortality - although 'True Blood' doesn't fall into that. Even though there's such a ridiculously high body count!

Nothing is a matter of life and death except life and death.

The last act is bloody, however pleasant all the rest of the play is: a little earth is thrown at last upon our head, and that is the end forever.

There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.

The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.

Nothing in life is promised except death.