It's a consoling notion that death is a very tiny hole, and you need to make yourself very small to get through it. One obviously needs to lighten off, and a rucksack full of bricks or a mantelpiece full of trophies will certainly have to be abandoned - the sooner the better, I say. Michael Leunig notion full console share on social
I am more interested in how people interpret the phrase 'Elect The Dead' than what I may or may not have intended. I named the album after the track, which is a spiritual song about love, life and death and is the heaviest song on the album without having any heavy instruments. Serj Tankian album track instrument share on social
Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror. D. H. Lawrence creation city throw share on social
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste. Carter Burwell view film sense Change image and share on social
Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death. Peter Conrad singularity announcement death Change image and share on social
You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel. Benjamin Netanyahu israel america death Change image and share on social
There have been hours in my unhappy life, many of them, when the contemplation of death as the end of earthly sorrow - of the grave as a resting place for the tired and worn out body - has been pleasant to dwell upon. Solomon Northup rest dwell grave share on social
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine man death surprise 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 subject nudge euthanasia share on social