I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had. David Hyde Pierce concertdeaddeath share on social
Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility. Jacob K. Javits beautybirthcontemplation Change image and share on social
Are there moments when I see unrequited crushes or ex-boyfriends slow dancing with their dates and kind of want to stab myself in the spleen with a salad fork? Yeah, sure. Sloane Crosley boyfriendcrushdance Change image and share on social
I don't have a ton of enemies. I get along with people pretty well when I'm not annoying them to death. Joss Whedon annoydeathenemy Change image and share on social
To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death. deathdrinkdrunken share on social
I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid. Ruth Rendell afraiddaydeath Change image and share on social
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