Quotes about "Death & Mortality"

About two hundred or two hundred and fifty years after the death of Grettir, his history was committed to writing, and then it became fixed - nothing further was added to it, and we have his story after having travelled down over two hundred years as a tradition. ”

States without the death penalty have had consistently lower murder rates. And national murder rates have declined steadily since 1992, despite fewer executions. ”

I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death. ”

Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure. ”

When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order. ”

I was aware of that theme of mortality in my music since around 2009. The decaying and the disappearance of the piano sound is very much symbolic of life and mortality. It's not sad. I just meditate about it. ”

That's the meaning of 'The Revenant': It's a return from death. ”

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel. ”

I came face to face with death at thirteen years old. ”

Failure? Scared to death of it. ”