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Death

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth – of my passions – of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies – whose factions I sought to quell – whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim – whose freedom has been my fatal dream. – Thomas Francis Meagher

The death of anti-gay hate speech is no doubt being hastened by the head-spinning speed with which gays as a group – to say nothing of gay marriage – are becoming an unremarkable and even quite traditional parts of American life. – Jeffrey Kluger

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. – Edward Young

Less base the fear of death than fear of life. – Edward Young

Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority. – Edward Young

I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death. – Leo Burnett

People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite. – Taylor Caldwell

Fear not and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over the bar, that you find not the rub of death. – Donald Cargill

Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me. – Dennis Rodman

I looked Death right in the face. – Travis Barker

The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind. – A. N. Wilson

Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me. – A. N. Wilson

I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death. – A. N. Wilson

We see death constantly on film. – Michael Sheen

If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear. – J. B. Priestley

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination. – George Meredith

To be immortal is commonplace except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal. – Jorge Luis Borges

Life and death have been lacking in my life. – Jorge Luis Borges

My children are magical creatures and I love them to death. – Jack Black

Early this morning, I signed my death warrant. – Michael Collins