Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be. James Stephens carelesslycuriositydeath Change image and share on social
One death is a tragedy, and a million deaths are a statistic. Nicholas Kristof deathmillionstatistic Change image and share on social
I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don't know whether any of them was later interested in astronomy. Stephen Hawking astronomybabybear share on social
Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks. Eric Sevareid dealdeathduck Change image and share on social
My mother smokes me out. We'll get these long periods of me thinking I'm too busy to call her up or e-mail her, and she'll send me something. My mom's a real whiner. I love her to death, but she always sends me these 'woe is me' things. I think she might be Jewish. I'm not sure. She's Baptist-Jewish, which is a double whammy. Ronnie Dunn baptistbusycall share on social
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life. Dag Hammarskjold bodydeathdegree share on social
The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on. George Sewell bravecowarddeath Change image and share on social
Death is a displaced name for a linguistic predicament. Paul de Man deathdisplacelinguistic Change image and share on social
Thanks to presidential immunity and executive control of the Justice Department, there are no consequences to executive branch lawbreaking. And when it comes to presidential lawbreaking, the sitting president could literally strangle someone to death on national television and meet with no consequences. Ben Shapiro branchconsequencecontrol share on social
Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the face of death, a night of baffling hopelessness, a meaningless babble. Each interpretation reveals an absurd truth - not about the play, but about the person watching it. Simon McBurney absurdapocalypsebabble share on social