But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation. Hans Urs von Balthasar on death
There's really no such thing as the agony of dying. I'm quite sure that pain is shut off at the moment of death. You see, something happens when the body knows it's about to go. Peptide hormones are released by cells in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Endorphins. They attach themselves to the cells responsible for feeling pain. Lewis Thomas on death
A lot of people fear death because they think that so overwhelming an experience has to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart. Lewis Thomas on death
So we mustn't lower our guard in any sense because of what has happened in terms of the death of Osama Bin Laden and we are certainly not doing that. The terror threat level here in the U.K. remains at severe and we're very conscious of the need to continue that. Theresa May on death
Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it. Ray Kurzweil on death
If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light. Maya Lin on death
Marriage can be viewed as the waiting room for death. Mike Myers on death
I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition. Mercedes McCambridge on death
I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it. Mercedes McCambridge on death
It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death. Christy Turlington on death
Most of us harbour a significant amount of subconscious fear about death, and act out of this fear in our daily lives. Christy Turlington on death
War is not the only arena where peace is done to death. Aung San Suu Kyi on death
I am against the death penalty. Andrew Cuomo on death
My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty. Andrew Cuomo on death
The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death. Andrew Cuomo on death
Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death. Orlando Bloom on death
To awake from death is to die in peace. Douglas Horton on death
Death is feared as birth is forgotten. Douglas Horton on death
When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words. Friedrich Durrenmatt on death
Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead. Giacomo Casanova on death