365 Movie Quotes about Death (+ Sound Clips) - page 17

Updated: May 26, 2026

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

161 And you've gotta fight! That's life. And when you stop fightin', that's death.

John Wayne as Breck Coleman in The Big Trail (1930)

162 Who is it that's dying out here on these streets every night? Y'all.

Laurence Fishburne as Jason "Furious" Styles; Jason Furious Styles in Boyz n the Hood

163 Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!

Wallace Shawn as Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987)

164 We have a choice. Life or death.

Quote from Battlestar Galactica (1978)

165 Born by myself, die by myself.

DMX as Tommy in Belly (1998)

166 Because if we're all gonna die anyway, shouldn't we be enjoying ourselves now? You know?

Quote from Dazed and Confused (1993)

167 You're at the end of the road, and the devil's aside ye, waitin'.

Marjorie Main as Mrs. Cantrell in Dark Command (1940)

168 That's why you gotta, right now, accept death. It, uh, calms you.

Dirk Benedict as Faceman in The A-Team

169 He'll bring them death, and they will love him for it.

Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus in Gladiator (2000)

170 They will not die for many years. I'll have to wait.

Djimon Hounsou as Juba in Gladiator (2000)