mortality Quotes

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.

The faster you go, the shorter you are.

Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.