#dead

To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death. ↗

— Garrett Fort

#dead #death #die #far #glorious

You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it does, I'll go and live on a desert island for a year. ↗

— Anna Friel

#bored #dead #desert #desert island #does

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up. ↗

— Rumer Godden

#book #cat #dead #grown #kittens

I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline. ↗

— Arthur Godfrey

#before #contests #day #deadline #each

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#genius #person #talent #who

I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are referred to as 'do-gooders.' This is how a phrase that can be used to stop an argument dead becomes part of common usage. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#becomes #citizens #common #country #dead

Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#authentic #convincing #dead #death #deathbed

Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed. ↗

— David Hackworth

#cancer #cell #deadly #destroyed #diseased

Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die. ↗

— David Hackworth

#die #down #enemy #even #goof

The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer. ↗

— Franz Halder

#dead #direct #enemy #forces #front