quotes about death

So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the office without undergoing the agonies of the damned, but give him a little metal, a few chemicals, some wire and twenty or thirty billion dollars and vroom! there he is, up on a rock a quarter of a million miles up in the sky. ~Russell Baker, New York Times, 21 July 1969



When some folks agree with my opinions I begin to suspect I'm wrong. ~Kin Hubbard



We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. ~Eric Hoffer



One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb



The word arse is as much god as the word face. It must be so, otherwise you cut off your god at the waist. ~D.H. Lawrence



Youth disserves; middle age conserves; old age preserves. ~Martin H. Fischer



Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. ~Stevie Wonder



All that stands between the graduate and the top of the ladder is the ladder. ~Author Unknown



A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal. ~William Allen White



Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon - the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it. ~Lord Byron



Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



If you think it's tough being a firefighter, try being a firefighter's wife. ~Author Unknown



Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in. ~Phillips Brooks



You will always be your child's favorite toy. ~Vicki Lansky, Trouble-Free Travel with Children, 1991



A puck is a hard rubber disc that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another. ~Jimmy Cannon



We all possess the thunder of pure fury and the calm breeze of tranquility. If it wasn't for tomorrow, how much would we get done today? Whatever your purpose... embrace it completely. Get lost in the clouds every now and then so you never lose sight of God's wonder. ~Paul Vitale



Life... is like a box of chocolates - a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that no one ever asks for, unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So, you're stuck with mostly undefinable whipped mint crap, mindlessly wolfed down when there's nothing else to eat while you're watching the game. Sure, once is a while you get a peanut butter cup or an English toffee but it's gone too fast and the taste is fleeting. In the end, you are left with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts, which, if you are desperate enough to eat, leaves nothing but an empty box of useless brown paper. ~The X-Files



We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well. ~George MacDonald



It's better to crash into a nap than to nap into a crash. ~Author Unknown

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