I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
Robert J. Oppenheimer (1904-1967)  , citing from the Bhagavadgita, after witnessing the world's first nuclear explosion

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965) 

I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.
Woody Allen (Born 1935) 

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!
Woody Allen (Born 1935) 

I have lost friends, some by death, others through sheer inability to cross the street.
Virginia Woolf 

I wouldn't mind dying -- it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me.
R. Geis 

In the long run we are all dead.
John Maynard Keynes 

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) 

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!
Patrick Henry 

It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Emiliano Zapata