Dead quotes

“When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.” George Burns

“There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.” William Seward Burroughs

“Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.” Ambrose Bierce

“Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.” Ambrose Bierce

“Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.” Ambrose Bierce

“Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.” Ambrose Bierce

“Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.” Ambrose Bierce

“Unbeing dead isn't being alive.” Edward Estlin Cummings

“Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.” Edward Estlin Cummings

“When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.” Freddie Mercury

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” John Keats

“One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.” Dustin Hoffman

“If you're not getting older, you're dead.” Tom Petty