"Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar." - Xun ZiTweet
"If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success." - Samuel ButlerTweet
"Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different." - Michael HanekeTweet
"On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down ." - Woody AllenTweet
"I can't turn on the television without seeing me, or open the newspaper without seeing me and, honestly, I'm sick to death of me." - Elizabeth EdwardsTweet
"Of all the artists on Death Row, none of them went bankrupt." - Suge KnightTweet
"Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life." - Edvard MunchTweet
"Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the Revelation of St John." - Boris PasternakTweet
"Death is feared as birth is forgotten." - Douglas HortonTweet
"Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out." - Harry BrowneTweet