To understand the mysteries of life you must look around and within. You will see patterns everywhere; patterns that seem to manifest themselves over and over again. These patterns exist intertwined within nature and man bridging the gap between the enigma of self and universe. You see them in spiraling galaxies and the Mandelbrot fractal of fossilized Ammonoidea; growing from the unknown to atoms to molecules to solar systems to galaxies to the paradoxical expanses of the universe with origins and destinations unknown; just like us in birth and death. The similarities of tree branches, rivers and blood veins. The power of cellular division and nuclear fission, the patterns of finger prints like endoplasmic reticulum, or a black opal's play of fire like the nebula of supernova. Moon shots are like protoplasmic lurches, while simple thoughts and observations of the nature around us take us beyond the unknown. The clues to the great mystery are all around us and deep within us.
Bryant H McGillDeath's but a path that must be trod,
If man would ever pass to God
Thomas ParnellDeath and love are the two wings which bear man from earth to heaven
MichelangeloEvery one has before his eyes an end which he pursues till death; but for many that end is a feather which they blow before them in the air.
Robert NicollA single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.
Joseph StalinEven at our birth, death does but stand aside a little.
Robert BoltAs I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander.
John AndreWhen the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honour scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
Robert G IngersollHe who doesn't fear death dies only once. [You can't die more than once can you?]
Giovanni FalconeI know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick HenryLife cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing; for life itself is a writer's love until death.
Edna FerberCelebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.
Glenn CloseThis is a terrible tragedy, not just for those who knew and cared for him, but also for political life in this country, which will be all the poorer. [on the death of Robin Cook]
David Blunkett[woman] 'You're an incredible lover'
[Allen] 'I know - I practise a lot when I'm alone'
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Love and Death
Woody AllenI disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it (Attributed to Voltaire, but the words are in fact S.G. Tallentyre's summary of his attitude to Helvetius following the burning of the latter's De l'esprit in 1759)
VoltaireGolf is a game to be played between cricket and death.
Colin Ingleby-McKenzieForsooth, brethren, fellowship is heaven and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life and lack of fellowship is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.
William MorrisWe have 62 counties in New York State and each has its own system of death investigation.
Michael BadenWho can take
Death's portrait? The tyrant never sat
Edward YoungNot ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
Alfred North WhiteheadThe longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.
Sir Thomas Bowell BuxtonWhile man is growing, life is in decrease.
And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb:
Our birth is nothing but our death begun
Edward YoungNeither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye
Duc De La RochefoucauldHere are a list of Quotes from the delightful Northern Irish Comedian Danny McCrossan
Even the most powerful lie detector invented couldn’t drag a secret out of a woman, however, women rarely have lunch with lie detectors… - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian
See women need to talk because they feel like they have to have adequate levels of communication in order to sustain a healthy and open relationship, whereas men are only driven to speak because of matters beyond their control, like not being able to find clean socks. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
In Pagan times, uninspired people made sacrifices at the altar, and today, thanks to marraige, many still do. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
When women are bored they do the usual things, they eat, they go shopping, they neurotically judge the looks of other women, but men, men invade another country! - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Anything that I’ve ever done that ended up worthwhile, initially scared me to death. Wether it was walking out on stage for that very first time, or asking a girl to include me in her plans for the future, but you know what, You have to risk everything sometimes or you risk even more. It’s not the challenges we face that define us, it’s the actions we take. - Danny McCrossan -Northern irish Comedian.
Everyone had big plans for me when I was younger, it was a cliche “Danny can do anything he wants to do” So I did the only thing I ever thought was worthwhile, bring laughter into the world. How I came to been seen as somewhat of a dissapointment to all those people who had made plans for me, well that still makes me chuckle. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
You learn alot in your teenage years, for instance I learned that if you’re ever being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a little tunnel, then onto a mini seesaw and then jump through a ring of fire, they’ve trained for that y’see. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Asking people in Northern Ireland what they think of politics is like asking the Jews what they think of Hitler. - Danny MCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
There are too many warnings on packaging these days - defrost before eating - Use as directed - I mean, what’s next, you buy a packet of condoms, warning - may contain nuts! - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
I say don’t conform, don’t allow yourself to be pigeon holed, it’s no good for the soul, and the pigeon doesn’t enjoy it either. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
I remember how nervous I was my very first gig and I remember when I walked out on stage and spoke those words, how the audience laughed and laughed. I swore, there and then, that one day I would have my revenge. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
The sign said “This door to remain closed at all times” Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a door? - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Danny McCrossanIt is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
EpictetusIt’s a very sad day and the end of an era. [on the death of Robert Sangster]
Lester PiggottIf there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on.
Stevie SmithWaldo is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death (Beasts and super-Beasts)
SakiI will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the [Iraq] war.
Jose Luis Rodriguez ZapateroDemocracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
James MadisonMild disarray [on Labours election plans, following the death of the Pope]
Andrew MarrIf we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers.
Alphonse KarrDeath is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.
W H AudenNo society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
Eugene IonescoAthletes have other athletes as competitors. My competitor is death.
Robbie KnievelHere lies a king, that ruled as he thought fit
The universal monarchy of wit (An Elegy upon the Death of Dr John Donne)
Thomas CarewOh death, rock me asleep, Bring me to quiet rest, Let pass my weary guiltless ghost Out of my careful breast.
Anne BoleynI was scared to death of him the first time I met him. I still am actually [on Alex Ferguson]
Paul ScholesOur birth is nothing but our death begun.
Edward YoungHer late husband, you know, a very sad death - eaten by missionaries - pour soul!
William Archibald SpoonerReflect on death as in Jesus Christ, not as without Jesus Christ. Without Jesus Christ it is dreadful, it is alarming, it is the terror of nature. In Jesus Christ it is fair and lovely, it is good and holy, it is the joy of saints.
Blaise PascalThe militia were clamouring for the death of all guerrillas, and people were afraid to come near me...
Jesse JamesCome, let us make love deathless (title of poem)
Herbert TrenchThis existence of ours is as transient as Autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is a flash of lightning in the sky. Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
BuddhaWe are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.
Graham GreeneAnd death makes equal the high and low
John HeywoodHe has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
HoraceWe have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II]
Mahmoud AbbasWhen death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
George EliotWe do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind.
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