Life and Death

All I desire for my own burial is not to be buried alive.

The Earl of Chesterfield, in Life and Death

I never think of the future -- it will come soon enough.

Albert Einstein, in Life and Death

Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Anton Chekhov, in Life and Death

Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.

Maurice Chevalier, in Life and Death

All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.

Samuel Butler, in Life and Death

In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.

Albert Camus, The Stranger, in Life and Death

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

Elias Canetti, in Life and Death

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

James Carse, in Life and Death

After I'm dead, I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

Marcus Porcius Cato, in Life and Death

In the end, everything is a gag.

Charlie Chaplin, in Life and Death

Fairy tales: Horror stories for children to get them used to reality.

Unknown, in Life and Death

For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.

Unknown, in Happiness and Misery and Life and Death

All I ask of life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.

Unknown, in Life and Death

Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Kennedy.

Unknown, in Life and Death

Caution: breathing may be hazardous to your health.

Unknown, in Life and Death

Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.

Unknown, in Life and Death

Children in the front seat cause accidents, accidents in the back seat cause children.

Unknown, in Life and Death

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

Unknown, in Life and Death

Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.

Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure