Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.' — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Individuals who could not form cooperative alliances, on average, died sooner and left fewer children. And so we are the descendants of… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The day Blink-182 announced their hiatus, I felt as if a part of me died. — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
Two of the guys that were honorary Vampires - Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix - had already died at 27. And they… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
Silent night, holy night, when the bough flies from the tree and is hung everywhere, when from tables the crusts fly, when… — Ingeborg Bachmann Copy Share Image
I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't quite know what I've written. People… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
When my mother died, and when my father died, it's big. Our parents are giants; they're titans of our lives, so of… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
When my daughter Paula died, I was in the deepest pain, and my mother said, "This kind of sorrow is like a… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
My father passed on one important piece of relationship advice before he died. He said son, in a relationship you can either… — Ralphie May Copy Share Image
Nobody ever died of discomfort, yet living in the name of comfort has killed more ideas, more opportunities, more actions, and more… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
If 'heartache' sounds exaggerated then surely you have never gone to your garden one rare morning in June to find that the… — Ruth Stout Copy Share Image
In the courtroom, watch the balance of the scalesIf the price is right, there's time for more appealsThe strings are pulled, the… — Phil Ochs Copy Share Image
This day last year Livingstone died-a Scotsman and a Christian, loving God and his neighbour in the heart of Africa. Go thou… — Alexander Murdoch Mackay Copy Share Image
No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at a civilian… — Joe Barton Copy Share Image
He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me,… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano… — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A few years ago, when I was writing songs for my first album, I was staying with Michael Feinstein as I often… — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into… — Rahul Gandhi Copy Share Image
The great majority of the Christian world is still weeping at the foot of the cross. The consciousness of man is fixed… — John G. Lake Copy Share Image