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"The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others." »Theodore Roosevelt
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"Tell me where I can escape death: discover for me the country, show me the men to whom I must go, whom death does not visit. Discover to me a charm against death. If I have not one, what do you wish me to do? I cannot escape from death, but shall I die lamenting and trembling? . . . Therefore if I am able to change externals according to my wish, I change them: but if I cannot, I am ready to tear the eyes out of him who hinders me." »Epictetus
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"It is hard to have patience with people who say 'There is no death' or 'Death doesn't matter.' There is death. And whatever is matters. And whatever happens has consequences, and it and they are irrevocable and irreversible. You might as well say that birth doesn't matter." »Leonardo DaVinci
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"There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope. The death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender." »J. Michael Straczynski, Babylon 5 (Television Series)
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come." »William Shakespeare
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come." »William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 2 scene 2
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"Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills." »Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Meditations
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"Never knock on Death's door ring the bell and run away death really hates that" »Matt Frewer
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"Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor for even death is one of the things that Nature wills." »Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
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"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow." »Charles Hendrickson Brower
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"I thought I loved him, but I really just needed him. There was so much death and when I was in bed with him, I wasn't thinking about death...Look, what I'm trying to say is that we can't know what's in another person's heart, we can't even know what's in our own. Life turns on a dime, and somehow we muddle through." »Sybil Adelman
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"death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish." »Sophocles, Electra
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"death is not the worst thing rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish." »Sophocles
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"I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember." »Andrew Schneider
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"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colors of life in all their purity." »George Santayana
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"death is not the worst rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it." »Sophocles
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"death is not the worst; rather, in vain
To wish for death, and not to compass it." »Sophocles, Electra
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"There is no such thing as a natural death: nothing that happens to a man is ever natural, since his presence calls the world into question. All men must die: but for every man his death is an accident and, even if he knows it and consents to it, an unjustifiable violation." »Simone de Beauvoir, "A Very Easy Death"
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"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends." »J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
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"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends." »J. R. R. Tolkien
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"We deliberate about the parcels of life, but not about life itself, and so we arrive all unawares at its different epochs, and have the trouble of beginning all again. And so finally it is that we do not walk as men confidently towards death, but let death come suddenly upon us." »Seneca
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"It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death it is then the truest valor to dare to live." »Sir Thomas Brown
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"The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself." »Publilius Syrus
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"It was from an old friend who thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier." »Charles Grodin
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"It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, 'Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.'" »Thomas Arnold
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"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever." »Thomas Alva Edison
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"Have you ever felt a desert-like lonliness, facing all the lions, hyenas and snakes of your imagination, with no weapon, no partner, nothing but silent, ugly, harmful aloe vera plants all around you? Giving up will only means death, while fighting, means death too.." »The wise Pharoah Moe
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"Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider its intrusion a tragic event. Yet we'd find it hard to live without it. death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it." »Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
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"They say that death kills you, But death doesn't kill you. Boredom and indifference kill you." »Iggy Pop
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"If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death No death may be called futile." »Yukio Mishima
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