Famous Quotes

"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

Edna Ferber 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 Edna Ferber

• "Living the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way."

• "Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death."

• "If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics."

• "Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."