Famous Quotes

"We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place."

Doug Coupland on Death

More quotes about Death

• "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Death

• "To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

  Buddha on Death

• "The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead."

  Albert Einstein on Death

• "The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

  Mark Twain on Death

• "Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

  Helen Keller on Death

More quotes by Doug Coupland

• "Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives."

• "The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself."

• "The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all."

• "Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

• "Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time."