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The death and taxes quote is one of the most famous quotes in history. You might only be familiar with the one from Benjamin Franklin; however, there have been several people who have said it. With that in mind, check out the top 27 death and taxes quote.
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27. Christopher Hitchens, The Enemy
“Like the Nazis, the cadres of jihad have a death wish that sets the seal on their nihilism. The goal of a world run by an oligarchy in possession of Teutonic genes, who may kill or enslave other ‘races’ according to need, is not more unrealizable than the idea that a single state, let alone the globe itself, could be governed according to the dictates of an allegedly holy book. This mad scheme begins by denying itself the talents (and the rights) of half the population, views with superstitious horror the charging of interest, and invokes the right of Muslims to subject nonbelievers to special taxes and confiscations. Not even Afghanistan or Somalia, scenes of the furthest advances yet made by pro-caliphate forces, could be governed for long in this way without setting new standards for beggary and decline.”
26. Will Rogers Death and Taxes Quote
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.
25. Ruth Ann Minner
Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I’d like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.
24. Pamela Meyer
Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump’s case, lies.
23. Steve Earle
They say death and taxes are the only things that are inevitable. The truth is, you can not pay your taxes. I’ve done it, and there’s consequences, but it can be done. Death you’re not going to get out of, and you kind of got to deal with it.
22. James Caan
No matter what heights you achieve, even if you’re Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.
21. Elaine Chao Death and Taxes Quote
It has long been said the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Automatic enrollment for insurance of 401k loans would add an additional certainty. Fewer Americans would suffer the unnecessary loss of retirement savings due to unanticipated and untimely misfortune in an already stressful time of need.
20. Bruce Dickinson Death and Taxes Quote
Apart from death and taxes, the one thing that’s certain in this life is that I’ll never be a fashion icon.
19. Alison Owen Death and Taxes Quote
Human nature stays the same, the one thing that stays constant, like death and taxes. And people still want good stories!
18. Christopher Bullock Death and Taxes Quote
“Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes.”
17. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
“Death, taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them.”
16. S.C. Stephens, Effortless
“You are told from the moment you enter school that time is constant. It never changes. It is one of those set things in life that you can always rely on… much like death and taxes. There will always be sixty seconds in a minute. There will always be sixty minutes in an hour. And there will always be twenty-four hours in a day. Time was not fluctuating. It moved on at the same, constant pace at every moment in your life. And that was the biggest load of crap that I’d ever been taught in school.”
15. Sherrilyn Kenyon, Devil May Cry
“Why do you tolerate it? (Kat) The same reason Sin hasn’t resigned himself to death. There are six billion people on earth who need someone to protect them from things that are scarier than the tax man or a knife-wielding stranger. Things that a gun won’t stop. As long as their lives hang in the balance, what’s a little humiliation for me? (Acheron)”
14. Lafcadio Hearn, Inventing New Orleans: Writings of Lafcadio Hearn
“Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become a study for archaeologists…but it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio.”
13. Will Rogers Death and Taxes Quote
“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
12. Paula Poundstone
“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling.”
11. Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
“He said that there was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn’t happen to you every year.”
10. Benjamin Franklin Death and Taxes Quote
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
9. John Gierach, Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders: A John Gierach Fly-Fishing Treasury
“Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature.”
8. Stephen King Death and Taxes Quote
“Last reason for reading horror: it’s a rehearsal for death. It’s a way to get ready. People say there’s nothing sure but death and taxes. But that’s not really true. There’s really only death, you know. Death is the biggie. Two hundred years from now, none of us are going to be here. We’re all going to be someplace else. Maybe a better place, maybe a worse place; it may be sort of like New Jersey, but someplace else. The same thing can be said of rabbits and mice and dogs, but we’re in a very uncomfortable position: we’re the only creatures—at least as far as we know, though it may be true of dolphins and whales and a few other mammals that have very big brains—who are able to contemplate our own end. We know it’s going to happen. The electric train goes around and around and it goes under and around the tunnels and over the scenic mountains, but in the end it always goes off the end of the table. Crash.”
7. Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human
“God, Quinn, you have no idea how permanent I’d like this to be. I’d like us to be Twinkies and cockroaches, death and taxes. But I…”
6. Emma Chase, Overruled
“Young love is strong. First love is powerful. But what you don’t know when you’re young—what you can’t know—is how long life actually is. And the only dependable thing about it, besides death and taxes, is change.”
5. Swindoll Charles R.
“[Jesus] tilted His head back, pulled up one last time to draw breath and cried, “Tetelestai!” It was a Greek expression most everyone present would have understood. It was an accounting term. Archaeologists have found papyrus tax receipts with “Tetelestai” written across them, meaning “paid in full.” With Jesus’ last breath on the cross, He declared the debt of sin cancelled, completely satisfied. Nothing else required. Not good deeds, Not generous donations, Not penance or confession or baptism or…or…or…nothing. The penalty for sin is death, and we were all born hopelessly in debt. He paid our debt in full by giving His life so that we might live forever.”
4. Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“He’s spending a year dead for tax reasons.”
3. David Foster Wallace, Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
“A crude way to put the whole thing is that our presence culture is, both developmentally and historically, adolescent. And since adolescence is acknowledged to be the single most stressful and frightening period of human development – the stage when adulthood we claim to crave begins to present itself as a real and narrowing system of responsibilities and limitation (taxes, death) and when we yearn inside for a return to the same childish oblivion we pretend to scorn – it’s not difficult to see why we as a culture are so susceptible to art and entertainment whose primary function is escape, i. e. fantasy, adrenaline, spectacle, romance, etc.”
2. Sister Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate
“In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were to be murdered I would not want my murderer executed. I would not want my death avenged. Especially by government–which can’t be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill.”
1. Piers Anthony Death and Taxes Quote
“Never thought I’d see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.”
Ideas for the top 27 death and tax quote were taken from the following sources.[1]Brainy Quotes – Death And Taxes Quotes[2]mightytaxes – Origin of the “Death & Taxes” Quote | History of the Famous Quotation[3]goodreads – death and taxes
