Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine deathmanready Change image and share on social
Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject. Carl Hiaasen appointbeatdeath share on social
I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink. Jack Kevorkian deathhaterepeat Change image and share on social
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in the context of guns would also mean taking on a subject that can't be addressed by passing a law: the family-breakdown issues that lead too many minority children to find social status and power in guns. Juan Williams addressafricanage share on social
On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger. Hu Shih achievementbadlybasis share on social
Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does. Gerald Brenan agedeathmiddle Change image and share on social
Nearly all Americans felt they knew JFK intimately, his charm and wit regularly lighting up the television screen at home. This is why polls showed that millions of Americans took his assassination like a 'death in the family.' Vincent Bugliosi americanassassinationcharm share on social
Until late in life, I was never quite good enough for my father, and I suppose that is part of what drives me even now, well after his death in 1992. Richard Smalley deathdrivefather Change image and share on social
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other. Francis Bacon childdarkdeath Change image and share on social
BBC TV gets hold of an idea and beats it to death until we're all heartily sick of it. They buy people without thinking what they're going to do with them. It's the wrong way around. What they should be doing is employing really good ideas people to come up with good ideas. Terry Wogan bbcbeatbuy share on social