Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.
John Hanning Speke
The poets' scrolls will outlive the monuments of stone. Genius survives; all else is claimed by death.
Edmund Spenser
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life does greatly please.
The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War... →
Steven Spielberg
Our criminal justice system is fallible. We know it, even though we don't like to admit it. It is fallible despite the best efforts of most... →
Eliot Spitzer
Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.
Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited... →
Layne Staley
Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.
Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.
Joseph Stalin
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.