Life and Death

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

Samuel Goldwyn, in Life and Death

If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive.

Samuel Goldwyn, in Happiness and Misery and Life and Death

Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get.

Winston Groom, Forrest Gump, in Life and Death

The best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day.

M. Grundler, in Life and Death

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way, in Life and Death and War and Peace

I hope life isn't a joke, because I don't get it.

Jack Handey, in Life and Death

Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!

Garth Brooks, in Life and Death and Work and Recreation

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

Jean de la Bruyère, in Life and Death

Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

Unknown, (sometimes, almost certainly incorrectly, attributed to the Buddha), in Life and Death

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.

Jimmy Buffett, in Life and Death

Death meant little to me. It was the last joke in a series of bad jokes.

Charles Bukowski, in Life and Death

I don't feel good.

Luther Burbank, (dying words), in Life and Death

I have long considered it one of God's greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be unbearable.

Eugene Forsey, in Life and Death

Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of life is, but rather recognize that it is he who is asked.

Viktor Frankl, in Life and Death

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin, in Life and Death

If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves little enough.

Benjamin Franklin, in Life and Death

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Benjamin Franklin, in Life and Death and Wealth and Poverty

Let us so live that when we come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry.

Mark Twain, in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Voltaire, in Life and Death

Without the threat of death there's no reason to live at all.

Marilyn Manson, in Life and Death