967 private quotes tagged death

“Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death.” — Jane Smiley

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“The police came to me to say I had death threats and that I had to be careful!” — Heather Mills

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“I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.” — Nancy Reagan

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“There is nothing glamorous about death.” — Roger Moore

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“If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.” — Robin Gibb

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“I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, it's blissful. But I also know a marriage that isn't working can be painful.” — Donny Osmond

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“I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.” — J. J. Abrams

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“We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.” — Barbara Corcoran

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“Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.” — Jane Smiley

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“The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.” — Bear Grylls

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“Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.” — Sogyal Rinpoche

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“Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.” — Jose Marti

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“Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.” — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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“I have had death threats from people with fixations.” — Enya

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“We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.” — Tryon Edwards

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“Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt.” — Suge Knight

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“My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.” — Bear Grylls

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“I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.” — Dave Grohl

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“More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.” — John Grisham

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“Why would you be afraid of death? It would be an inconvenience. I have a lot of undone things and it's bound to get in the way. But, no, it doesn't scare me at all.” — David Carradine

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“The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.” — Jack Kevorkian

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“I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century.” — Andrew Greeley

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“The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death.” — Stanislav Grof

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“I like death. I'm a big fan of it.” — Guy Ritchie

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