Drama aids self-discovery like nothing else. In removing it from our schools, we remove the inestimable benefits of it from our society. No amount of studying oxbow lakes was ever going to help me emotionally through the death of my father. Rory Kinnear aidamountbenefit share on social
One lady wrote me and told me how she wants to see me get beat up and near death and that kind of stuff. George Eads beatdeathkind Change image and share on social
Predictability is the cousin of death: I don't necessarily want people to see me coming. You know? CeeLo Green comecousindeath Change image and share on social
If death weren't around to 'finalize' the Darwinian process, we'd all still be amoebas. P. J. O'Rourke amoebadarwiniandeath Change image and share on social
At 99 and after a long stay in a nursing home, the death of legendary photographer Eve Arnold was hardly a surprise - though she may have been just a little annoyed to quit a few months short of 100. Beeban Kidron annoyarnolddeath Change image and share on social
We don't have real control over death. You could die of a heart attack, a building could fall on you, you could be in an accident, you could have a fatal disease. So, how should you conduct your life? You just go ahead and live, taking reasonable precautions - like handling the mail more carefully. Rudy Giuliani accidentaheadattack share on social
I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty. Robert Green Ingersoll believebravelydeath share on social
We are all racing towards death. No matter how many great, intellectual conclusions we draw during our lives, we know they're all only man-made, like God. I begin to wonder where it all leads. What can you do, except do what you can do as best you know how. John Hurt beginconclusiondeath share on social
I think that obviously, there is a perverse attraction to a fundamentally changed world or the end of the world. There is a death wish, a perverse death wish. Not just for ourselves, not just for the movie 'Death Wish,' but for the end of all human life. John Hodgman attractionchangedeath share on social
The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when crafting a tragic tale. And if we need to get more specific: heartbreak, destruction, miscomprehension, natural disasters, betrayal, and the waste of human potential. Paul Di Filippo agebetrayalbuddha share on social