Death Row Statements

Famous quotes containing the words death, row and/or statements:

    “Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    “all afternoon
    Their witless offspring flock like piped rats to its siren
    Crescendo, and agape on the crumbling ridge
    Stand in a row and learn.”
    —William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)

    “Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are “shaggy dog” stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.”
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)