Death Quotes - page 63

I was personally opposed to the death penalty, and yet I think I have probably asked for the death penalty more than most people in the United States. (Janet Reno)
One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won't jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing. View quote
Jeff Goodell
What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death? View quote
Jessica Savitch
I've worked in the prison system, on death row and maximum security. I did that work for six years. I've worked with some of the most difficult people in our society. Buddhism was accessible and helpful for these individuals. View quote
Joan Halifax
In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue. View quote
Johann Arndt
I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode. View quote
John Andre
Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death. View quote
John Hanning Speke
When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I'm surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory. View quote
Jackie Stewart
Birth and death are the most singular events we experience - and the contemplation of death, as of birth, should be a thing of beauty, not ignobility. View quote
Jacob K. Javits
Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years. View quote
John Perez
The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world. (John Strachan)
There is no more final end than death. View quote
John Thaw
Once the attacks occur, as we learned on Sept. 11, it is too late. It makes little sense to deprive ourselves of an important, and legal, means to detect and prevent terrorist attacks while we are still in the middle of a fight to the death with al Qaeda. View quote
John Yoo
You can lose people without them dying, and I have, from moving, from traveling. The emotion is real, it just doesn't actually have to do with death. I'm singing about what I know, and it's a song about longing for somebody who's disappeared in your life. View quote
Jon Crosby
And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death. View quote
Jacqueline Cochran
It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death. View quote
Jacqueline Cochran
Murders with guns are the No. 1 cause of death for African-American men between the ages of 15 and 34. But talking about race in the context of guns would also mean taking on a subject that can't be addressed by passing a law: the family-breakdown issues that lead too many minority children to find social status and power in guns. View quote
Juan Williams
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others - nor do I believe they should be made by a church run by childless men. View quote
Julianna Baggott
Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter. View quote
Julie Benz
There are but two places where all go after death, white and black, rich and poor; those places are Heaven and Hell. Heaven is a place made for those, who are born again, and who love God, and it is a place where they will be happy for ever. View quote
Jupiter Hammon
I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that's one thing I am constantly working on - pain management. (James Belushi)
Once it gets to a point where it becomes a matter of life and death to occupy a position of leadership or not, with an eye on future opportunities, therein lies the danger. View quote
Kgalema Motlanthe
Many cats are the death of the mouse. View quote
Kaspar Hauser
God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me. View quote
Lady Jane Grey
The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up. View quote
Leo Kottke