82 Movie Quotes about Mortality (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: May 26, 2026

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

1 Dad gave me this. Fifth birthday. He said childhood's over the moment you know you're gonna die.

Michael Wincott as Top Dollar in The Crow (1994)

2 I can feel this body dying all around me!

Mia Farrow as Lady Amalthea in The Last Unicorn

3 We're all gonna die, all of us!

Quote from The Evil Dead (1981)

4 When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.

Richard Harris as Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000)

5 Death can come for you anyplace, anytime. It's never welcome, but if you've done all you can do and it's your best... in a way, I guess, you're ready for him.

John Wayne as Wil Andersen in The Cowboys (1972)

6 Only when I have ceased to breathe will I be dead.

Chris Farley as Haru "The Great White Ninja"; Haru The Great White Ninja in Beverly Hills Ninja

7 We must be on our way now, you and I. Our bones will soon be ashes, and we shall never be separated again.

Tony Todd as Candyman in Candyman (1992)

8 No, I shall never be better than I am. I'm like one who died young. All my life might have been.

Orson Welles as Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette; Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities (1938)

9 I come into this world with pink cheeks, and a healthy pair of lungs, and a lot of big ideas. How am I going out of it? A bald head, blue tongue, and a saucer of warm milk with a pill in it.

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners (1955)

10 The gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal. Because any moment might be our last.

Brad Pitt as Achilles in Troy