#death

The foundation of our religion is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the Evangelists as having actually occurred, within their own personal knowledge. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#basis #birth #death #evangelists #fact

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#man #masculine #only #shortage #societies

The questions I raise about society comprise the postmortem exam of a failing class. ↗

— Bauvard

#death #funny #humor #society #death

These people go on to tell us that mobile phones will cook our children’s ears, that long-haul flights will fill our legs with thrombosis and that meat is murder. They want an end to all deaths – and it doesn’t stop there. They don’t even see why anyone should have to suffer from a spot of light bruising. Every week, as we filmed my television chat show, food would be spilt on the floor, and every week the recording would have to be stopped so it could be swept away. ‘What would happen,’ said the man from health and safety, ‘if a cameraman were to slip over?’ ‘Well,’ I would reply, ‘he’d probably have to stand up again. ↗

— Jeremy Clarkson

#death

I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#dying #memories #time #death

I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#death

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. ↗

— Joseph Hall

#birth #borders #cradle #grave #our

You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide. ↗

— Vance Havner

#death #divide #haven #hide #know

He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing. ↗

— Anne Heche

#anything #blessing #deathbed #deluded #even

If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#anxiety #become #death #face #free