What do some of the great and interesting people have to say about Death?

“We don’t have real control over death. You could die of a heart attack, a building could fall on you, you could be in an accident, you could have a fatal disease. So, how should you conduct your life? You just go ahead and live, taking reasonable precautions – like handling the mail more carefully.” Rudy Giuliani

“We need to learn to talk about death and dying. I’ve wondered why we don’t. . . . Death is kept pretty much out of sight, it’s a shame. Death isn’t really scary.” Betsy MacGregor, M.D.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.” Steve Jobs

“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.” Leonardo da Vinci

“Death will come to everyone. Death is not optional.” Cynda Hylton Rushton

“I don’t fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.” Mary Roach

“The idea is to die young as late as possible.” Ashley Montagu

“Some people die at 25 and aren’t buried until 75.” Benjamin Franklin

“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” Woody Allen

“I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“There’s something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.” Angelina Jolie

“It’s funny how most people love the dead, once you’re dead, you’re made for life.” Jimi Hendrix

“Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.” Erik Erikson

“Everything that gets born dies.” Morrie Schwartz