At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
“Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them… — John Graunt Copy Share Image
“[A] right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not because it adds to it an… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
It is a nostalgic time right now, and photographs actively promote nostalgia. Photography is an elegiac art, a twilight art. Most subjects… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Don't put your confidence in big names When they die and return to the dirt they can't do anything for you. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Clean water is a necessity that we can no longer take for granted. Each year more people die of water related diseases… — Jewel Copy Share Image
“And perhaps the greatest blessing was that we never knew how short the time was.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“How is it possible to write one's autobiography in a world so fast-changing as this?” — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
This seems counterintuitive, but turns out that as infant mortality is reduced, population sizes also decrease, because parents don't need to anticipate… — Jane Chen Copy Share Image
The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and… — Felicity Huffman Copy Share Image
“The other day as I was stepping out of Star Grocery on Claremont Avenue with some pork ribs under my arm, the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Many of us will not survive our tests in mortality without help from others. And just as true: in helping others we… — Kathleen H. Hughes Copy Share Image
My young friends, ... not all the whirlwinds in life are of your own making. Some come because of the wrong choices… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body,… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
It is Christ's atonement that makes it possible for us to be forgiven of our sins and His resurrection that gives us… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The scales of reckoning with mortality are never evenly weighted, alas, and thus it is on the shoulders of the living that… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Peter Lake had no illusions about mortality. He knew that it made everyone perfectly equal, and that the treasures of the earth… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Yea, when mortality dissolves, Shall I not meet thine hour unawed? My house eternal in the heavens Is lighted by the smile… — Alice Cary Copy Share Image
On and on eternally Shall your altered fluid run, Bud and bloom and go to seed; But your singing days are done — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
“Death defeats us in the end. But our children are our revenge against it.” — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
The good news for somebody who is struggling with same-gender attraction is this: It is that 'I'm not stuck with it forever.'… — Lance B. Wickman Copy Share Image
I've seen my fair share of drama over the years of Children In Need. I had a close brush with mortality in… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
