Life and Death

Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

To awake from death is to die in peace.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

We are all serving a life sentence, and good behaviour is our only hope for a pardon.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Why ask why? If it's raining it just is.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Death is feared as birth is forgotten.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Death is the final wake-up call.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Drive slow and enjoy the scenery -- drive fast and join the scenery.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Growing old is not growing up.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

Doug Horton, 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

Mankind terminated, man what a break.

Mark van Essen, (from a lyric written for Bruce Springsteen), in Life and Death

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

Voltaire, in Life and Death

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.

Karl Wallenda, in Life and Death

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

Marilyn Manson, 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