Death Preference Quotes

I do not know why the dead do not come back to life. Perhaps death is so wonderful, in ways we cannot comprehend, that they prefer it over and above their friends and loved ones, although I am inclined to doubt that be the case.

The idea began to sink in, more than it ever had, that I might be crazy, in the traditional sense of the word. That I might be, forever and ever amen, a Crazy Person. That's what we'd suspected all along, what I'd been working so hard to disprove, what might be true. I preferred, by far, being dead.

I know that I am leaving the winning side for the losing side, but it is better to die on the losing side than to live under Communism.

I would rather die than do a play - 10 years in solitary instead.

Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning.

Even a minute of dying is better than an eternity of nothingness.

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.

When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!

Remember always the good reputation of your family and the opinion of people in your birthplace. Do not shame yourself by being taken prisoner alive; die so as not to leave behind a soiled name.

People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.

I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly.

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.

And it is a great thing to die in your own bed, though it is better still to die in your boots.

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

Surviving is much more painful than death.

I prefer to be in the grave in Colombia than in a jail cell in the United States.

If I ever went, I'd want to go peacefully in my sleep. I wouldn't want to plan my own death.

At the moment developing a nice little inoffensive cancer somewhere on dry land seemed infinitely preferable to what she was grimly convinced was soon to be her death by drowning way too far out at sea.

I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.

My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.

I want to die violently instead of fading out sentimentally.

You'd have a hard time finding anything better than Barcelona for food, as far as being a hub. Given a choice between Barcelona and San Sebastian to die in, I'd probably want to die in San Sebastian.

We have long had death and taxes as the two standards of inevitability. But there are those who believe that death is the preferable of the two.

Would you rather die, or be unwound? Now he finally knows the answer. Maybe this is what he wanted. Maybe it's why he stood there and taunted Roland. Because he'd rather be killed with a furious hand than dismembered with cool indifference.

If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.