Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.

I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.

One lady wrote me and told me how she wants to see me get beat up and near death and that kind of stuff.

I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death.

My mom is this liberal, feminist, Mormon powerhouse. I just love her to death.

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

You know, the purpose of reconciliation is to avoid the filibuster. The filibuster is an effort to talk something to death.

The death tax destroys family businesses and stifles investment that leads to increases in jobs and personal income. As a result, 70 percent of family-owned businesses are not passed on to the next generation and 87 percent do not make it to the third generation.

Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death.

It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.

People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country. They want you to tell about what you saw.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.