This quote has appeared in many things. Def Leppard says it in the beginning of Rock of Ages and The Bad Gut from the Highlander says it as well. Kurt Cobain made it famous when it was found written in his suicide note. He paraphrased the line "It's better to burn out 'cause rust never sleeps" from the song "hey hey my my" by Neil Young. He may be the first one to make it public.
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You may not be thinking of this poem, but it may be the inspiration for some statements with similar sentiment:
My candle burns at both ends
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -
It gives a lovely light.Edna St. Vincent Millay, "A Few Figs from Thistles", 1920
US poet (1892 - 1950)
Ardere melius quam evanescere
To fade means to become lighter or less noticeable. If you keep losing weight, you will fade away. The dark spots fade when you use this cream.
bleach, wash out, discolour, decolour dim, dwindle, disappear, vanish, melt away, decline, dissolve, wane, die away
'Fade' can indeed be a noun - as in 'a fade to black' in a movie. Fade is its own noun.
the star in the story represent the love of alfredo that like a star it will fade away
As she walked a long the beach, the girl saw the sun beginning to fade as night took over day.
its better to burn out than fade away- Kurt Cobain
The phrase "It's better to burn out than to fade away" is most commonly attributed to Neil Young in his song "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)." It gained further recognition when it was quoted in Kurt Cobain's suicide note.
If you can't change it, don't worry about it. If you can change it, just go ahead and do it. Give up trying, you either do it or you don't.
The trouble with burning out is how many others always seem to get singed in the process. And they didn't ask to be.
Only Fade Away was created in 1954.
Only Fade Away has 303 pages.
Lion spots fade away when they start to mature.
it is when the top and bottom fade away
fade away.......fade out...
Fade Away - song - was created on 1981-01-22.
Never Fade Away was created on 2009-05-04.
Don't Fade Away was created on 2009-05-13.