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.

Failure too is a form of death.

I think that the core doctrines of Christianity - the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century.

I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it.

It was very hard for all of us. It's still very hard. The anniversary of his death just passed, and every single one of his friends, still, after all these years... it's unbelievable.

People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.

Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?

Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion.

To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be or not to be which deals with death.

Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

A useless life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.