To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal. Jorge Luis Borges commonplacecreaturedeath Change image and share on social
The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death. James Hansen carrycoaldeath Change image and share on social
The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation. Jennifer Dunn businessdeathdestroy share on social
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends. John Ortberg deathgodintend Change image and share on social
I was extended secret service protection during my presidential run in 1984, when I received the most death threats ever made toward a candidate. Jesse Jackson candidatedeathextend Change image and share on social
When Dickens arrives in the United States in November of 1867, he's already in questionable health. So by the end of the trip, he was really in failing condition, and really, he would never recover completely after this point, and you could sort of draw a straight line to his ultimate decline and death. Matthew Pearl arrivecompletelycondition share on social
A martyr can never cooperate with death, go to death in a way that they're not trying to escape. Stanley Hauerwas cooperatedeathescape Change image and share on social
Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death. Juliana Hatfield deathdirtyfeel Change image and share on social
But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction. Joseph Rotblat achievementatombomb share on social
Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a God and if he is a loving and merciful God, how do you explain the problems of suffering and death and all the tragedies that happen to people? John Clayton campuscollegedeath share on social