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- My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892
- The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
- Paula Poundstone
- I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
- Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), Unkempt Thoughts
- Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
- Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 07-15-06
- In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.
- Joan D. Vinge, Catspaw
- If you're choking in a restaurant you can just say the magic words, 'Heimlich maneuver,' and all will be well. Trouble is, it's difficult to say 'Heimlich maneuver' when you're choking to death.
- Eddie Izzard, Dress To Kill
- The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man...only five hundred.
- Meredith Willson, The Music Man
- Here's a tip to avoid death by celebrity: First off, get a life. They can't touch you if you're out doing something interesting.
- Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, Ask a Ninja, Question 55, 10-03-07
- It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death.
- Mary Renault, The Praise Singer, 1978
- When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.
- Margery Allingham, Death of a Ghost, 1934
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