I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. Anais Nin give suffer lose Change image and share on social
The man who buried Malcolm X - my Muslim imam, priest - he, after I got beat up by police... came to me, and he said, 'You don't need this American name.' And I was susceptible to it at the time because, God knows, I had just gotten whipped near to death. So he gave me an Arab name; he gave me the name Amir Barakat. Amiri Baraka time barakat police share on social
When you see a 14-year-old boy who has never known what peace looks like for a day in his life, there's part of you as a human being that feels some degree, you can say, compassion for the fact that these boys have known war, famine, violence and death from the day they were born. Amanda Lindhout violence year compassion share on social
Wouldn't it be awesome if we had a jetpack that wasn't a death trap? The problem is that it is going to be so power inefficient. I just couldn't live with that... it would be as loud as a motorcycle. Astro Teller problem death trap Change image and share on social
Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing. Alan Ball aware companion thing Change image and share on social
In the days when I used to tweet, I would encounter comments wishing death upon me. There were people who claimed they were sticking pins in my effigy because they couldn't stand me. There's some seriously disturbed people out there. Andie MacDowell people pin stand share on social
Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. Alexander Smith death fact ugly Change image and share on social
In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death. Alfred Russel Wallace eternity subject solitude Change image and share on social
I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me. Alan Ladd barge people back Change image and share on social
The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth. Adam Johnson cast korea death Change image and share on social