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

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Paul Gauguin, in Life and Death

Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.

R. Geis, in Life and Death

I wouldn't mind dying -- it's that business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.

R. Geis, in Life and Death

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.

Kahlil Gibran, in Life and Death

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

Brendan Gill, in Life and Death

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in 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

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts, in Life and Death