Hill Harper Quotes

I'm interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.

It even feels absurd to be writing or singing a song at all - in the context of actual death, being alive feels absurd.

I always know I can die at any moment.

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

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

I hate Sridevi. I hate her for making me realise that she, too, is finally only just a human being. I hate that her heart, too, has to beat to live.

So passes away the glory of this world. ('Sic transit gloria mundi.')

We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out.

He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience.

In the end, living is defined by dying.

We're all making castles in the sand, wonderful tapestries, an exquisite corpse. But is it meaningful? No. It's dogs barking. It doesn't mean anything beyond our yelping, at the pain of being alive.

We all know that we're going to die, but we don't know when. That's not a blessing, that's a curse.

We are all terminal.

And introduce an element of cynicism and darkness into it and just realize that we're all vulnerable. We are humans. There is a finite end to this life and we're all going to face it and a little silliness can help.

To live is to die.

You realize mortality is everywhere.

Well, life is dark, isn't it? Mostly, it's dreadful. At the same time, death is funny too. I mean, look at the fuss we make of it.

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

I've been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff. It's death. It's meaningless.

Death is a very important part of life.

I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death.