“I am truly amazed that after all this time, religious groups still need to attack entertainment and use these tragedies as a pitiful excuse for their own self-serving publicity. In response to their protests, I will provide a show where I balance my songs with a wholesome Bible reading. This way, fans will not only hear my so-called, violent point of view, but we can also examine the virtues of wonderful 'Christian' stories of disease, murder, adultery, suicide and child sacrifice. Now that seems like 'entertainment' to me.” WayNeedsChildrenStillsSelfStoriesUseShowsSeemsChristianSongReadingReligiousViewsVirtueWonderfulSacrificeGroupsAtheismFansBalanceDiseaseTragedyMurderSuicideResponseEntertainmentExcusePositive AtheismPoint Of ViewViolentProtestServingAmazedAdulteryPublicityPitifulSelf ServingBible Reading Author:Marilyn Manson
“The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.” WarShowsLife IsInterestingSuicideStatistics Author:William Ralph Inge
“The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change. Popularities come and go. The tragedy of it is that somebody like Robin Williams should suffer from that, and be driven to commit suicide. If ever there was an untimely, unfair death, it was him.” IfsShouldShowsSufferingCareersIndustryTragedySuicideDrivenCommitPopularityUnfairShow BusinessThings ChangeComes And GoesRobinsLengthy Author:Chris Stein
“we find that the optimists have an undeniable advantage over the pessimists. Many studies show that they do better on exams, in their chosen profession, and in their relationships, live longer and in better health, enjoy a better chance of surviving postoperative shock, and are less prone to depression and suicide.” ShowsEnjoyChanceStudyAdvantageSuicideProfessionChosenShockOptimistSurvivingPessimistExam Book:The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill Source: The Art of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
“I never had any desire to be famous. I find people who do really sad. I genuinely feel sorry for them because there is nothing of substancein their lives. I am happy when I am writing or performing. Not when I sit there being "famous". I like recognition for my work, but not recognition for being "that bloke off the telly". It is genuinely humbling when a woman comes up to me, as someone did recently, to say she wanted to commit suicide after her husband died, and my show cheered her up and made her feel better. That's great.” PeopleFeelsWritingMadeShowsWantedDesireHusbandDiedSuicideSorryCome UpCommitRecognitionPerformingFeel BetterHumblingBeing FamousBlokesReally Sad Author:Steve Coogan
“Everyone can relate to depression. It touches so many. Suicide is the leading cause of death among teenagers. Statistics show that women suffer from depression more than men, but that is probably because men don't report it as much.” MenShowsSufferingCausesSuicideRelateTeenagerReportsStatisticsLeading Causes Author:Ashley Judd
“I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines, and suicide everywhere, but the leaders kept boasting about their great achievements and bright tomorrows. I saw all this and tried to show it in my pictures as simply and straightforwardly as I could. All I wanted to do was record how all these poor people adapted to lies and suffering, how they got used to it, how, in fact they were bound to miss it when it was over.” PeopleLongCountryFactsShowsRealityWantedUsedLyingSufferingLinesPoorLeaderRecordsSawsMissingTomorrowPoliticianAchievementSuicideBoundsCorruptionGoodsPollutionPoor PeopleBoastAdaptedShamelessGreat AchievementLong LinesSleazy Author:Antonin Kratochvil
“I've learned: When you get older, who cares? I don't mince words, I don't hold back. What are you gonna do to me? Fire me? It's been done. Threaten to commit suicide? Done. Take away my show? Done! Not invite to me to the Vanity Fair party? I've never been invited! If I ever saw the invitation, I'd use it as toilet paper.” IfsDoneUseShowsCarePartyFireSawsPaperFairsSuicideCommitVanityI've LearnedInvitesWho CaresInvitedToiletsInvitationsToilet PaperVanity Fair Author:Joan Rivers
“The Jesus freaks were the worst. While the ‘Suicide Solution’ case was going through the courts they followed me around everywhere. They would picket my shows with signs that read, ‘The Anti-Christ Is Here’. And they’d always be chanting: ‘Put Satan behind you! Put Jesus in front of you!’ One time, I made my own sign – a smiley face with the words ‘Have a Nice Day’ – and went out and joined them. They didn’t even notice. Then, just as the gig was about to start, I put down the sign, said, ‘See ya, guys,’ and went back to my dressing room.” MadeSaidShowsFacesGuyJesusChristMy OwnRoomsBehindsCasesNiceWorstFrontsSolutionsSuicideCourtSatanOne TimeFreakDressingsGigsBehind YouChantingDressing RoomsNice DaySmileySmiley FaceAnti ChristHave A Nice DayJesus Freak Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“One of my favorite games when I was a kid was 'murder/suicide'. Dad would show us a photo and ask us: 'Is it a murder or a suicide ?'” ShowsKidsDeathAsksGamesDadMurderSuicideMy Favorite Author:Colleen Doran
“One girl, actually, in the UK — it was a really small show in Wales — a girl came up to me and said that because of one of my songs she was still alive. She’d decided not to commit suicide. It was a really emotional moment.” SaidStillsMomentsShowsSongGirlAliveEmotionalDecidedSuicideCommitWales Author:Lights
“I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more.” ShowsLightSuicide Author:Judd Nelson
“Suicide rates have not slumped under the onslaught of antidepressants, mood-stabilizers, anxiolytic and anti-psychotic drugs; the jump in suicide rates suggests that the opposite is true. In some cases, suicide risk skyrockets once treatment begins (the patient may feel not only penalized for a justifiable reaction, but permanently stigmatized as malfunctioning). Studies show that self-loathing sharply decreases only in the course of cognitive-behavioral treatment.” FeelsMaySelfShowsCoursesCasesStudyRiskDrugOppositesSuicidePatientRateMoodReactionsTreatmentDecreaseLoathingCognitivePsychoticSelf LoathingAntidepressants Book:The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide Source: The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide
“Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop eating disorders and consider suicide, and the more likely they are to do well in school, delay having sex, eat their vegetables, learn big words and know which fork to use.” KnowsWellsUseShowsBigsKidsSchoolTogetherSexStudyDrinkDrugEatingTraditionSuicideSmokeDisorderVegetablesDelayForksEating DisorderHaving Sex Author:Nancy Gibbs
“As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.” WayWarShowsTurnsForceStruggleSuicideOverwhelmingCurbHiroshimaOverwhelming Force Author:Martin Van Creveld
“I understood about fear. And I knew better than anyone in that room what Mouse was capable of. But still I had been raised in a place where to show your fear was worse than cowardice. It was suicide, a sin.” StillsShowsFearSinRoomsCapableUnderstoodSuicideRaisedCowardiceMice Author:Walter Mosley