967 private quotes tagged death

“Man dies of cold, not of darkness.”— Miguel de Unamuno

“Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.”— Edith Wharton

“When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.”— W.C. Fields

“In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.”— P. J. O'Rourke

“In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.”— Hannah Arendt

“Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.”— Miyamoto Musashi

“Whether you like it or not, you're forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I don't fear death, I'm a fatalist. I believe when it's your time, that's it. It's the hand you're dealt.”— Clint Eastwood

“Other states are trying to abolish the death penalty... mine's putting in an express lane.”— Ron White

“Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.”— Tecumseh

“Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.”— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.”— Ovid

“Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.”— Mitt Romney

“There's stuff I don't like to rehearse, really emotional things, I don't like to rehearse. You just beat it to death.”— Kat Dennings

“I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part.”— Mitt Romney

“I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation.”— Paul Ryan

“The great fear that hung over the business community in the 1970s was death by regulation, and the great goal of the conservative movement, as it rose to triumph in the 1980s, was to remove that threat - to keep OSHA, the EPA, and the FTC from choking off entrepreneurship with their infernal meddling in the marketplace.”— Thomas Frank

“Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California.”— Rick Perry