Laugh, I Nearly Died," Andrew answers. "You've probably never heard that one before. Votes: 3
J.A. RedmerskiIf the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a theory. Votes: 3
Jefferson DavisIf the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory. Votes: 3
Jefferson DavisThen you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you! Votes: 3
Joanne Kathleen RowlingThen you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you! Votes: 3
J. K. RowlingI think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. Votes: 2
Ruben BladesI have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once. Votes: 2
Robert MugabeI was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me. Votes: 2
Humphrey Bogartreason died in 1914, November 1914 ... after that everybody began to rave ... Votes: 0
Louis-Ferdinand CelineWeakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born, Votes: 0
Malala YousafzaiI don't wonder apostolic miracles have died. Apostolic living certainly has. Votes: 0
Amy CarmichaelThere are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them. Votes: 0
Eugene ChadbourneWhen Jackson used that particular tone of voice, men died, pure and simple. Votes: 0
Christine FeehanWomen will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinRepentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame. Votes: 0
Mark DriscollSome sad news from Australia... the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today. Votes: 0
Johnny CarsonRepentance keeps sin from condemning us because Jesus died and scorned the shame." Votes: 0
Mark DriscollMany trees have died so that the Catholic Church can preach against homosexuality. Votes: 0
Jodi PicoultPeople that have died 10 years ago are still voting, illegal immigrants are voting. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpRelegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross. Votes: 0
Tony CampoloIn most men there exists a poet who died young, whom the man survived. Votes: 0
Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveI'm bored with it all. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillIf I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago. Votes: 0
Becca FitzpatrickAll houses in which men have lived and suffered and died are haunted houses. Votes: 0
Mary Roberts RinehartWhen Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep. Votes: 0
Marilyn MonroeBeing alone was easier. No risk, just loneliness. No one ever died from that. Votes: 0
Marjorie M. LiuA lot of my close friends have committed suicide or died of heroin overdoses. Votes: 0
Ryan McGinleyEvery kid who hated grownups becomes a grownup. Well, except the ones who died. Votes: 0
Joss WhedonIn December 1988, my mother died of lung cancer. I died too. I couldn't function. Votes: 0
Sandra DeeThat Monica who's just gonna sit there in mediocrity... That Monica died in Samoa Votes: 0
Monica Denise BrownMay God bless those who died and bless their families. With regards, George Bush. Votes: 0
George H. W. Bush..finally he was just another ant, working and working until he died without meaning. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiRicky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star. Votes: 0
Dee Dee RamoneShe paused. That's just my way of saying I would've killed you if you'd died. Votes: 0
James DashnerWhen you lay down your life for what you are after you've died, you're clean. Votes: 0
John de RuiterMen died as she watched, and they didn't care about what they had fought for. Votes: 0
Tamora PierceGentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football. Votes: 0
John HeismanTwo months ago my mother died. She made, as the expression goes, a good death. Votes: 0
Larry WatsonWhen he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him Votes: 0
Madeline MillerNot a single one of your ancestors died young. They all copulated at least once. Votes: 0
Richard DawkinsHe died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday. Votes: 0
S. E. Hintonone pities most those who loved, and still died. Only those who love, dread death. Votes: 0
Craig L. RiceThere are some who died because they were fasting, and they were crammed in tight. Votes: 0
Thaksin ShinawatraIf some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Votes: 0
Jean de la BruyereI think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance. Votes: 0
Reuben BladesI realized my father's sister Joanne, who died at 19 had instilled her spirit in me. Votes: 0
Lady GagaIt was funny, though, the things you didn't learn about people until after they died. Votes: 0
Cynthia Leitich SmithThe first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were the most interesting people. Votes: 0
Fran LebowitzHe wanted to work in Hot Woman Valhalla until he died of testosterone poisoning. (Nick) Votes: 0
Sherrilyn KenyonCarter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister's cat Muffin. Votes: 0
Rick RiordanCharlemagne either died or was born or did something with the Holy Roman Empire in 800. Votes: 0
Robert BenchleyThe chief end for which Christ lived and died: To provide eternal redemption for sinners. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleIn the past, two colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen. Votes: 0
Jacky IckxThe autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died. Votes: 0
John Sergeant WiseMost people are not updated. 50 years ago 1 in 5 children died before age 5, now only 1 in 20! Votes: 0
Hans RoslingA poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet. Votes: 0
Christian MorgensternYou have all died many times before and none of you look the worse for it. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellSAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies. Votes: 0
Diana Wynne Joneshe threw up his hands and wrote the Universe dont exist and died to prove it Votes: 0
Allen GinsbergMen have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareI ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't. Votes: 0
Jonathan DimblebyIf you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died. Votes: 0
Tennessee Ernie FordThe Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonI was slapped down to the ground when my son Wade died in 1996, in April of 1996. Votes: 0
John EdwardsGentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football. Votes: 0
John HeismanI am not a complete vegetarian. I eat only animals that have died in their sleep. Votes: 0
George CarlinWhen my wife died, I booked myself into the studio just to work, to occupy myself. Votes: 0
Johnny CashThat fact that Jesus Christ died is more important than that fact that I will die. Votes: 0
Dietrich BonhoefferJesus cursed a living tree and it died; Mohammed blessed a dead tree and it lived. Votes: 0
John RemsburgI'm not sure whether it's good fortune or bad, but I've died many times on screen. Votes: 0
Ty OlssonThis is a game, first and foremost. There was only one Vince Lombardi, and he died. Votes: 0
Joe TheismannIf I lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died. Votes: 0
Bob DylanMy mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War. Votes: 0
Mikhail BaryshnikovI hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy. Votes: 0
Quincy JonesThe only answer to the endless chains of why, why, why is that the alternatives died Votes: 0
Daniel DennettThe greatest act of freeing happened when Jesus died in our place and paid our debt. Votes: 0
John PiperWhen my mother and my grandmother died three months apart, I knew my world was over. Votes: 0
Michel'leI don't know who St. Valentine was, but I hope he died alone, surrounded by couples. Votes: 0
Miranda HartHad I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other peopleâs. Votes: 0
Anais NinIf we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago. Votes: 0
Martin SeligmanMy grandmother died of natural causes. Or as my family calls it murdered by the lord. Votes: 0
Dane CookLocke sank into a swoon; The Garden died; God took the spinning-jenny Out of his side. Votes: 0
William Butler YeatsAlexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both. Votes: 0
Marcus AureliusI became a writer, a teller of tales, because otherwise I would have died... or worse. Votes: 0
Carlos Ruiz Zafon[On Thomas Seymour's death:] This day died a man of much wit and very little judgment. Votes: 0
Elizabeth IMy grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s. Votes: 0
James NicollFew of Caesar's assassins outlived him by more than three years, or died in their beds. Votes: 0
SuetoniusAnd I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have. Votes: 0
Ned VizziniThe drought was the very worst when the flowers that we'd grown together died of thirst. Votes: 0
Taylor SwiftJesus didn't die so we could fill auditoriums, he died so that lives could be transformed. Votes: 0
George BarnaIn Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia. Votes: 0
Aneurin Bevan[He died of thirst?] That sounds, if I might say, like the greatest Sprite commercial ever. Votes: 0
Jon StewartWith two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died Votes: 0
Mercedes McCambridgeWith two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died. Votes: 0
Mercedes McCambridgeLive as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow. Votes: 0
Theodore EppI had rather eleven died nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareMy mother cooked her last Christmas standing rib roast in 1987 and died a few weeks afterward. Votes: 0
Michelle HunevenStalin's henchman Molotov, 96, died old and in bed, a privilege he helped to deny to millions. Votes: 0
George WillJesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them? Votes: 0
Jules FeifferNo one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring. Votes: 0
Wislawa SzymborskaIf I had gone ahead and died ten years ago, I'd probably be a cult figure today. Votes: 0
Andy WarholI went to the dentist. He said "Say Aaah." I said "Why?" He said "My dog's died." Votes: 0
Tommy CooperYou only live but once, and when your died your done, so let the good times roll. Votes: 0
B. B. KingWhen you get to be my age, all your friends have either died or moved to Florida. Votes: 0
Helen Van SlykeIf free men refused to look at dead bodies then brave men will have died in vain. Votes: 0
John Shaw BillingsIf I died, would it get me out of my geometry test tomorrow? One could only hope. Votes: 0
P. C. CastIf I died, would it get me out of my geometry test tomorrow? One could only hope." Votes: 0
Kristin CastIf Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend. Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonJesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated his doctrine. Votes: 0
Friedrich NietzscheWe made sure nobody died on the show. We made sure nobody ever drowned on 'Baywatch.' Votes: 0
David HasselhoffAnd the case of butterflies so rich it looks As if all summer settled there and died. Votes: 0
Philip LarkinWe owned a bearded collie for many years. Sophie. She was old, and she died last year. Votes: 0
Erika SlezakHow many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive. Votes: 0
Dejan StojanovicMy father died when I was 4 years old, so I can't really say anything about his hearing. Votes: 0
George KennedyThere are books that I read years ago that enlivened things in me that haven't died yet. Votes: 0
George SaundersWhen someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn't. Votes: 0
Ram DassChrist died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisWho ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeMy dog of 17 years just died. Oh you're kidding?... Noooo... as funny as that is, I'm not Votes: 0
Ellen DeGeneresGeorge Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to. Votes: 0
John O'HaraThe cavalries charged and the Indians died, oh the country was young with God on its side. Votes: 0
Bob DylanJealousy smells like the water in the bottom of a flower vase after the flowers have died. Votes: 0
Megan HartLaugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama. Votes: 0
CormegaI have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive? Votes: 0
Carlos FuentesMore Americans died in WWII than in any other world war, with the possible exception of WWI. Votes: 0
Jarod KintzGreat loves, to the last, have pulses red; All great loves that have ever died dropped dead. Votes: 0
Helen Hunt JacksonWhen she had died, his anchor was gone and the world had burned from his untethered insanity. Votes: 0
Cedric NyeWhen Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners. Votes: 0
Martin LutherI had never believed in the sacred nature of literature. God had died when I was fourteen ... Votes: 0
Simone de BeauvoirWhen I was eight years old, I was always starving. My brother and sister died from starvation. Votes: 0
Chen GuangbiaoI picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown. Votes: 0
Paul NewmanLife was going on, and no one but a handful of people cared if I lived or died. Votes: 0
Kim HarrisonIf no one knows when a person is going to die, how can we say he died prematurely? Votes: 0
George CarlinShe was nothing but good and I was nothing but bad, but then she died, and I didn't. Votes: 0
John GreenI long to talk with some old lover's ghost, Who died before the god of love was born. Votes: 0
John DonneWhen I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died. Votes: 0
Luther VandrossChrist died to save this lost world; he did not come to destroy, maim or pour out wrath. Votes: 0
David WilkersonNo grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there. Votes: 0
F. Scott FitzgeraldGod does not love us because Christ died for us; Christ died for us because God loved us. Votes: 0
John StottI mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima - and you know, is the price worth it? Votes: 0
Lesley StahlHe might have crawled up into the airing cupboard and died, but I mustn't get my hopes up. Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingEvelyn was an insomniac so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that. Votes: 0
Garrison KeillorA good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times. Votes: 0
Billy CorganIf we had a party every time someone died on 'The Following,' we'd never get anything done. Votes: 0
Valorie CurryThere are so many people who have died of cycling, and that didn't happen when I was racing. Votes: 0
Greg LeMondI know I have a very self-destructive tendency since my mother died, I have got to be honest. Votes: 0
George MichaelTwo of my grandparents died in a car crash. Sucks, 'cause they would have lived to a hundred. Votes: 0
Kid RockO what fine thought we had because we thought that the worst rogues and rascals had died out. Votes: 0
William Butler YeatsIt was rumored she held grudges till they died of old age, then had them stuffed and mounted. Votes: 0
David WeberAfraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there. Votes: 0
Mikhail LermontovI thought when love for you died, I should die. It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on. Votes: 0
Rupert BrookeIf you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died. Votes: 0
Donald MillerDreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today, Votes: 0
Mikey WelshOrdinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteHero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something. Votes: 0
Natalie Clifford BarneyEven if I say, Everyone in the village died of diarrhea, I still laugh a little after diarrhea. Votes: 0
Dana GouldThey fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. Votes: 0
Francis Marion CrawfordOh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet. Votes: 0
J. K. RowlingThe focus of the Christian faith is not our morality; it is Jesus, who died for our immorality. Votes: 0
Tullian TchividjianWhen my father died, I did not cry. When my cat died three days later, I cried a lot. Votes: 0
Alejandro JodorowskyI've never really had a desk job, but I've died one day at a time all over the place. Votes: 0
Jon ForemanI lived as best I could, and then I died. Be careful where you step: the grave is wide. Votes: 0
Michael R. BurchThat's going to be on my headstone: 'He came. He wrote 'In the Air Tonight.' He... died.' Votes: 0
Phil CollinsI picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find. Votes: 0
Wilfrid SheedDeath is an ill; 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died. Votes: 0
SapphoYou want me to do what? What part of stupid crawled up your sphincter and died?" " Caleb Votes: 0
Sherrilyn KenyonI consider myself a Christian - a true believer in Jesus Christ - that He died for our sins. Votes: 0
Antonio Sabato, Jr.You know, my father died of cancer when I was a teenager. He had it before it became popular. Votes: 0
Goodman AceI'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me. Votes: 0
Princess DianaThrough the dense din, I say, we heard him shoutI see your lights! But ours had long died out. Votes: 0
Wilfred OwenI may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, "He died to make men free. Votes: 0
Martin Luther King, Jr.Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it Votes: 0
Brennan ManningI worked with him for ten years until he died and it was the most wonderful time of my life. Votes: 0
Mark OliphantWhen Jesus died on the cross, so did your sin; when He rose from the dead, so did your HOPE. Votes: 0
Max LucadoYou cannot know a man's life before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad. Votes: 0
SophoclesWhen my dad died, I developed a nervous habit. He was very shy and quiet, and I was like him. Votes: 0
Crystal GayleTo exist is to adapt, and if one could not adapt, one died and made room for those who could. Votes: 0
Louis L'AmourI always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died. Votes: 0
Lizzie Andrew BordenI always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died. Votes: 0
Lizzie BordenMy hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died... Votes: 0
Charles SpurgeonI remember the day my mother died, and it's still hard to talk about it. I just blocked it out. Votes: 0
Peaches GeldofWhen you died I didn't weep nor dream but knew you like a god breathe in each healing we begin. Votes: 0
Olga BroumasHere I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died. Votes: 0
Junipero SerraMy father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me. Votes: 0
Jenny NimmoI had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car. Votes: 0
Steven WrightMy real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago. Votes: 0
Donald JohansonDream that you died It takes you out of your mind The black walls of space Take me all the way Votes: 0
John FruscianteWhat did Romeo and Juliet do?" They died," I remind her gently. "Some mix-up with the poison-
Gordon KormanThe man on the radio says Elvis Presley's died. We drove to Memphis, the sky was hard and black.
Bruce SpringsteenIf Jesus bore the cross, and died on it for me, ought I not to be willing to take it up for Him?
Dwight L. MoodyTake the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?
Frank ZappaMy Dad was overweight and unhealthy, and he died young. I wasn't going to let that happen to me.
Jack LaLanneI would say my life experience has involved dealing with people very close to me that have died.
Kelvin OgilvieAnd Alpo ordered guys to slaughter guys, and the whole Harlem was in tears when Rich Porter died.
Cam'ronTo be grown up is to sit at the table with people who have died, who neither listen nor speak ...
Edna St. Vincent MillayGod is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.
Irving LaytonI love people who have died trying to save wildlife. When I see that passion, that gives me hope.
Jeff CorwinThe good old horse-and-buggy days: then you lived until you died and not until you were run over.
Will RogersOdd how clear it suddenly became, once a person had died, that the body was the very least of him.
Anne TylerShe became a story, one I have mostly forgotten. One I can't end because she died a long time ago.
Elizabeth ScottAmong Negroes it is a bad omen when someone knocks on the door of a house where a person has died.
Ethel WatersI don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,
George W. BushIf I had to choose a song to listen to before I died, it would be Simone singing Começar de novo.
Simone Bittencourt de OliveiraWe only said goodbye with words I died a hundred time, you go back to her and I go back to black...
Amy WinehouseThe sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity.
Elie WieselNo one ever died from smoking marijuana, but millions of people have died by believing politicians.
Harry Browneeskimos maybe? believed stars were holes in the sky where people who died could peek through at you
Jodi PicoultHear it when i get biz for K-Von, I'm pledgin, died, on 104 Northern Boulevard corona queens legend
Kool G RapThe Emperor died forsaken by all, on this horrible rock. (St. Helena) His death struggle was awful!
Napoleon BonaparteIn 1900 Americans on average lived for only 49 years and most working people died still on the job.
William GreiderI want to extend condolences to the families of those who died in the service of the United Nations.
Al GoreEvery time I look at Atlanta I see what a quarter of a million Confederate soldiers died to prevent.
John Shelton ReedThe absence of pain means death, so when something no longer bothers you, you've died to that thing.
Joyce MeyerWhenIWasYourAge: People were never "living with their disease." We cured them. Or they died from it.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe Cross isn't an ornament, mere symbol. It's the mystery of God's love, that He died for our sins.
Pope FrancisIf you died it would be like my bones had been removed. No one would know why, but I would collapse.
Sarah KaneI say that Roger Casement Did what he had to do, He died upon the gallows But that is nothing new.
William Butler YeatsRobert Whitmore died of apoplexy when a stranger from Georgia mistook him for a former Macon waiter.
Frank Marshall DavisMy sister was a twin, and the other baby died in childbirth, and I was three at the time, and I always kind of thought it haunted me. It was a weird thing. My dad was an ob-gyn, and so it was confusing that the other baby didn't come home from the hospital. Votes: 4 Scott Turow
I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wife's best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried. Votes: 2 Jason Aldean
My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life. Votes: 4 Quincy Jones
My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer. Votes: 1 Hill Harper
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. Votes: 1 Norman Cousins
I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby. Votes: 1 Gary Numan
It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy. Votes: 3 Paul Giamatti
I have issues with inheritance tax, particularly coming from a migrant family. My dad has worked incredibly hard all his life, so it seems odd to me that someone who has gone through that experience and has managed to save then gets taxed for dying. Votes: 1 Sanjeev Bhaskar
My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family. Votes: 3 Bobby Clarke
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. Votes: 2 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Jesuits I know who have died and all their lives were great teachers, they're the least remembered people. Votes: 1 Daniel Berrigan
To get through the night, I sometimes imagined the sky filled with a canopy of stars. I imagined that each star contained the soul of a girl or boy who had died too young, and the light the stars gave off was their brightness. Votes: 3 Jill Bialosky
To those people who say, 'My father is alive because of animal experimentation,' I say, 'Yeah, well, good for you. This dog died so your father could live.' Sorry, but I am just not behind that kind of trade-off. Votes: 2 Bill Maher
It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me. Votes: 2 Daniel Day-Lewis
My life in Greece influenced what I am. My father was in the left because he was against the king and his family, who had created a war against the Turks at the beginning of the last century to revive the Byzantine Empire. For three years, there was fighting, and all my father's friends died. So he hated the royal family. Votes: 2 Costa-Gavras
Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell. Votes: 3 Julian Clary
My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it. Votes: 3 Sarah Polley
Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea. Votes: 2 Frank Lampard
My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life. Votes: 2 Quincy Jones
I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died. Votes: 1 Bernie Mac
My dad died in May of '97. The effects of his death immediately were not all that hard, but a year or two later it hit, when my job as Dad was sort of done and I was sending my kids to college. And somehow, the emotional intensity of that event mixed with the loss of my own dad, was kind of upsetting. Votes: 2 Wayne Watson
My dad had an aunt at the turn of the century who died from diabetes, but she was the closest affected relative in my family. Votes: 1 Bobby Clarke
Mom and Dad were married 64 years. And if you wondered what their secret was, you could have asked the local florist - because every day Dad gave Mom a rose, which he put on her bedside table. That's how she found out what happened on the day my father died - she went looking for him because that morning, there was no rose. Votes: 2 Mitt Romney
Art was a way of life in my family. My grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, who died a year before I was born, had been a prominent painter. So was my father, Andrew. My two aunts and two of my uncles also earned a living as painters. Votes: 0 Jamie Wyeth
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for? Votes: 3 Eleanor Roosevelt
My sister died and my mum was really distant, as you do - you don't expect your offspring to die before you. I thought I was bulletproof up until that stage. Votes: 1 Max Walker
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. Votes: 3 Henry Van Dyke