I wouldn't mind being dead—it would be something new.

—Estelle Winwood, at age one hundred

More quotations tagged with “death”

Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit, and look on death itself.

—William Shakespeare

death sleep examination

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.

—Bill Shankly

death sports seriousness

The dying process begins the minute we are born, but it accelerates during dinner parties.

—Carol Matthau

death dinner parties

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work… I want to achieve it through not dying.

death immortality

The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

I wouldn't mind being dead — it would be something new.