336 Movie Quotes about Death (Sound Clips)

Updated: Sep 11, 2025

Memorable quotes about death, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so we are all connected in the great circle of life.

James Earl Jones as Mufasa in The Lion King (1994)

2 Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

Cary Elwes as Westley Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride (1987)

3 Don't die. They'll feed you to the lions. They are worth more than we are.

Djimon Hounsou as Juba in Gladiator (2000)

4 I knew a man who once said, Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.

Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000)

5 Well, sometimes dead is better.

Fred Gwynne as Jud Crandall in Pet Sematary (1989)

6 Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not.

Frank Oz as Jedi Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

7 To cheat death is a power only one has achieved, but if we work together, I know we can discover the secret.

Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

8 Just remember, one man's sunset is another man's dawn.

James Stewart as Wylie Burp in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

9 There are far worse things awaiting man than death.

Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in Dracula (1931)

10 All right, we did not die today! I call that an unqualified success.

Bill Hader as Fear in Inside Out