Maureen O'Hara Quotes

You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.

Have you ever thought about those last moments of your life? Nobody wants a long, lingering illness; nobody wants just that; but it would be nice if you could have a day or two where you know it's coming.

People start to act very unusually when they find out that they're dying, that they don't have that many years left.

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.

Anna Deavere Smith's new one-woman show bills itself as being about health care, but the truth is that 'Let Me Down Easy' is mostly about the grimmer subject of death and dying.

We are all terminal.

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

Imagine somebody says you are going to die in a few weeks; I'd really rather not know.

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.

The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die.

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been at times apprehensive that my great change was at hand: yet blessed be God, I have never been affrighted; but, on the contrary, at times much delighted with a view of its approach.

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.

I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic.

Death is a fact of life, no matter where you live. Taking care of the dying is a necessity everywhere. Those are not conditions exclusive to small towns.

We're all terminal; none of us are getting out of this alive.

It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.

Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.

I mean, death is a serious thing, certainly not to be sneezed at.

There is nothing glamorous about death.

Come to think of it, Pasadena's as good a place to die as any.

The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably be physically uncomfortable, and it won't be an easy thing for my wife and kids to watch. I think it will be a real challenge to see if I can squeeze the lemons hard enough to still get lemonade the last few weeks.

Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.