What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death. – George Pierce Baker
Death is not the end; it is but one more step in a great forward march made possible by the redemption wrought by the Savior. This is the spirit of true science – constant and eternal seeking. – Henry Eyring
The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine – the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death. – Hanna Rosin
My wife Lucy was very sick for nearly three years prior to her death. At one time, I was in the hospital with her for six months. – Heber J. Grant
You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason. – G. Gordon Liddy
In Alive Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. – Elbert Hubbard A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard
I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don’t like to tell you that. – Grace Slick
Death is for many of us the gate of hell; but we are inside on the way out, not outside on the way in. – George Bernard Shaw Misalliance. Preface, A Treatise on Parents and Children.
Life levels all men: death reveals the eminent. – George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman, Maxims for Revolutionists.
The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death. – Henry Miller
In America, after 9/11, and after the death of bin Laden, and after two wars, one of them fought, a lot of people think, on false pretenses, and definitely post the Patriot Act, there are a lot of these questions about what can we do to our citizens in order to prevent the next attack. – Gideon Raff
What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever. – Henry Van Dyke
Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death. – Horace
Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it’s more or less inevitable. – Graham Chapman
The demise of Constellation is not the death of a dream. It’s just the end of an illusion. – Henry Spencer
It’s one of the things that ‘Everwood’ – what makes a great ‘Everwood’ episode is when it makes you laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time. From the first season, we’ve always had the chance to deal with death in a very real way, in a way that a lot of other shows can’t or don’t. – Greg Berlanti
I don’t think kids have a problem with death. It’s us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened. – Helena Bonham Carter
I have been here before as a spirit – this is just my physical body, it is just an overcoat. And at death, you will take the overcoat off. – Glenn Hoddle
Communism possesses a language which every people can understand – its elements are hunger, envy, and death. – Heinrich Heine
Death just comes, not happiness. Because when you’re trying to find happiness, you’re trying to navigate a very, very murky minefield of distractions, of disappointments, of deceptions. That’s why you have to work on happiness. – Ian K. Smith
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. – Hugh Laurie
It’s been difficult for me to get my head around Diana’s death or talk about it. After she died, things were difficult, very difficult. We all have our own traumas and get on with it. But when it’s there in your face year in, year out, it’s hard. – Hasnat Khan
There is but One God. His name is Truth; He is the Creator. He fears none; he is without hate. He never dies; He is beyond the cycle of births and death. He is self-illuminated. He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning; He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True. He is also True now. – Guru Nanak
Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community. – Howard Coble