“I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don't understand, when actually these issues are medically treatable.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantYearsIssuesYears AgoSuicideCancerFrightened Author:Judy Collins
“Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.” IfsYearsBigsRunningPainNextPayCompanyRecordsGenerationsTroubleRight NowSuicideStoresBossSuicidalDeficitFuture GenerationNext YearGroceriesBorrowingRecord CompaniesGrocery Stores Author:Simon Cowell
“I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family. Her father committed suicide. She committed suicide the year before I went to the moon.” YearsMotherFatherSidesMoonDepressionSuicideCommitted Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Money is not worth dying for. I know, because years ago, while nearly a million dollars in debt, suicide was an option. Rather than run, rich dad suggested I write down all the mistakes I made and then seek help. If I made accounting mistakes, I talked to an accountant. If there was a legal mistake, I talked to an attorney. That was my way out. That is how I got smarter.” IfsKnowsWayInspirationalWritingYearsMadeHelpingRunningSuccessMistakeMillionsRichDyingDadYears AgoSuicideDollarsDebtMy WayInsightfulSmarterMillion DollarsAttorneyAccountingAccountantsRich Dad Author:Robert Kiyosaki
“Thanksgiving. It proved you had survived another year with its wars, inflation, unemployment, smog, presidents. It was a grand neurotic gathering of clans: loud drunks, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, screaming children, would-be suicides. And don't forget indigestion. I wasn't different from anyone else: There sat the 18-pound bird on my sink, dead, plucked, totally disemboweled. Iris would roast it for me.” YearsChildrenDifferentWarWould BePresidentForgetBirdSuicideLoudSatGrandmotherPoundsSurvivedUnemploymentThanksgivingGatheringInflationAuntNeuroticClansIndigestionAnother YearIrisesSmog Author:Charles Bukowski
“The situation in Greece just goes from bad to worse. We’ve now got a situation where there was the big suicide a few weeks ago, where a 77-year-old man shot himself in the head outside the Greek Parliament. That was the public face of what’s gone wrong.” MenYearsBigsFacesSituationGoneWeekShotsSuicideGreekOld ManParliamentGreece Author:Nigel Farage
“In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it” YearsWellsStillsLostPracticeOne DayBasketballSickSuicideRanNbaDrills Author:Jerry Sloan
“I was at Yale from 1953 to 1957, and I tried to commit suicide in my freshman year because I was gay, and I thought I was the only person in the school who was. I was just totally and utterly miserable.” YearsPersonsSchoolGaySuicideCommitMiserableYaleFreshmanFreshman Year Author:Larry Kramer
“Eyes Wide Open' took shape from two real life events straight from my own past. One was the sad suicide of my young nephew, a troubled kid, who was found at the bottom of a landmark cliff in central California. The second was a chance encounter forty years ago with none other than, ahem, Charles Manson!” YearsTwoRealEyeKidsPastYoungFoundChanceMy OwnEventsShapesYears AgoSuicideBottomWideReal LifeCaliforniaEncountersFortyCliffsNephewLandmarksMansonEyes Wide OpenChance Encounters Author:Andrew Gross
“Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have been profound ethical issues confronting doctors since the birth of Western medicine, more than 2,000 years ago.” YearsHas BeensIssuesBirthYears AgoDoctorsSuicideMedicineProfoundWesternEthicalPhysiciansConfrontingEuthanasiaAssisted SuicideEthical IssuesWestern MedicinePhysician Assisted Suicide Author:Ezekiel Emanuel