“For a culture that has such a problem with death, we seem to deal with it in a quite bizarre way. We see people shot, killed and blown up, and we find it funny and sexy and all those things. But, the reality of it is that every day people die, and people are really sad and they grieve and they go through a really difficult process with it.” PeopleWayProblemRealitySeemsDiesCultureProcessDifficultDealsShotsSexyGrievingBizarreReally Sad Author:Michael Sheen
“If I get even five per cent of my ideas out and documented before I die, I'll be lucky. I'm not in danger of running out of riffs or ideas anytime soon. They overwhelm me and it's hard to find time to deal with them.” IfsIdeasHardRunningDiesDealsFiveDangerLuckyCentsBefore I Die Author:Jello Biafra
“Everybody is gonna die from something. And so the deal is how to use each day to move things forward for both you and the people you love and the country you love.” PeopleCountryUseMovingDiesDealsEach Day Author:Tom Coburn
“The older I get, the more I can't stand violence and have a hard time with seeing people die in horrific ways. It gets harder and harder to watch and deal with that stuff.” PeopleWayI CanHardDiesStuffDealsWatchesViolenceSeeingHarderHard TimesHorrific Author:Matthew Lillard
“First, what does truth require? It requires us to face the facts as they are, not to involve ourselves in self-deception; to refuse to think merely in slogans. If we are to work for the future of the city, let us deal with the realities as they actually are, not as they might have been, and not as we wish they were.” IfsThinkingFirstsDoeHas BeensSelfFactsRealityMightTruthFacesDiesWishDealsCitiesRefuseDeceptionMight Have BeenSlogansSelf Deception Author:John F. Kennedy
“Belief in heaven and hell is a big deal in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and some forms of doctrinaire Buddhism. For the rest of us it's simply meaningless. We don't live in order to die, we live in order to live.” BigsFormOrderDiesBeliefHeavenDealsChristianityHellBuddhismIslamMeaninglessJudaismBig DealHeaven And HellChristianity And Islam Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Ah, my brother, it is a far harder thing, and it is afar higher proof of a thorough-going, persistent, Christian principle woven into the very texture of my soul, to go on plodding and patient, never taken by surprise by any small temptation, than to gather into myself the strength which God has given me, and, expecting some great storm to come down upon me, to stand fast, and let it rage. It is a great deal easier to die once for Christ than to live always for Him.” SoulChristianDiesGivenChristDealsPrinciplesTakenBrotherGoes OnHigherEasierHarderSurprisePatientStormProofRageTemptationMy SoulMy BrotherExpectingPersistentTextureWovenThoroughAfar Author:Alexander MacLaren
“A lot of people that are in the disease of drinking and using can be caught up on the denial aspect of it. I don't have a problem with that. I am very sensitive. I can just feel when things are getting out of control and I go, 'Oh, you have to deal with this. Because you can die.' I've always sort of had that.” PeopleFeelsI CanProblemDiesDealsDiseaseAspectDrinkingCaughtDenialSensitiveCaught Up Author:Bobby Lee
“It is so hard for us little human beings to accept this deal that we get. It's really crazy, isn't it? We get to live, then we have to die. ... What spirit human beings have! It is a pretty cheesy deal - all the pleasures of life, and then death.” HumansLittlesHardSpiritDiesHuman BeingsPleasureDealsAcceptingCrazyLife And DeathLife DeathCheesyPleasures Of Life Book:It's Always Something Source: It's Always Something
“You get a series of super-typhoons into Shanghai and millions of people die. Does the population there lose faith in Chinese government? Does China start to fissure? I'd prefer to deal with a rising, dominant China any day.” PeopleDoeGovernmentDiesLosesDealsMillionsSeriesPopulationChinaChineseRisingDominantShanghaiChinese GovernmentTyphoons Author:David Titley
“Whilst you live a very little religion seems enough; but believe me, it requires a great deal when you come to die.” BelieveLittlesEnoughSeemsReligionDiesDealsBelieve In Me Author:Geraldine Jewsbury
“If Irish or Italian culture dies in America it really isn't that big a deal. They will still exist in Italy and Ireland. Not so with us. There is no other place. North America is our old country.” IfsStillsCountryBigsAmericaDiesCultureDealsItalianIrelandNorth AmericaItalian Culture Book:Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter Source: Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter
“I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all.” DiesLinesMy OwnWalksDealsFinePersonalityExtremesRulersExtremistWanting To DieFine Lines Author:Davey Havok
“If your child dies, or you witness a terrible natural disaster, yes, you certainly want a scientific explanation as to what's happened. But science can't help you to find meaning, help you deal with that turbulence of your grief, rage, and dismay.” IfsWantChildrenHelpingDiesNaturalDealsGriefHappenedTerribleOur ChildrenRageDisasterWitnessYour ChildrenExplanationFind MeNatural DisasterTurbulenceDismay Author:Karen Armstrong
“A science can diagnose a cancer and can even find a cure for it, but it can't, and a scientist will be the first to say, it's can't help you to deal with the stress and disappointment and terror that comes with a diagnosis, and nor can it help you to die well, like Socrates, kindly, not railing against faith, but in possession of your own death. For these imponderable questions people have turned to mythos.” PeopleFirstsWellsHelpingDiesDealsScientistStressCancerTerrorDisappointmentPossessionCuresDiagnosis Author:Karen Armstrong