Human nature stays the same, the one thing that stays constant, like death and taxes. And people still want good stories! Alison Owen constantdeathgood Change image and share on social
Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives. Algernon Charles Swinburne barrencorpseday Change image and share on social
Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. Ambrose Bierce deathendestate Change image and share on social
Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them. Abbie Hoffman corporatedeathguard Change image and share on social
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill. Aristotle bravecowardicedeath Change image and share on social
We fear death so profoundly, not because it means the end of our body, but because it means the end of our consciousness - better to be a spirit in Heaven than a zombie on Earth. Alison Gopnik bodyconsciousnessdeath Change image and share on social
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge. Alfred North Whitehead deathignoranceknowledge Change image and share on social
When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more. Laura Fraser backdeathfailure Change image and share on social
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. Maurice Maeterlinck animaldeathdie Change image and share on social
India made a big mistake by signing up to TRIPS. With a population of 1.3 billion, India can't afford a monopoly in healthcare. Monopolies lead to higher prices and we can't allow them in a country like India with so much poverty and misery. It was like signing our own death warrant. Yusuf Hamied affordbigbillion share on social
