"We shall never get people whose time is money to take much interest in atoms."
― Samuel Butler
Topic(s):
Death
More From Samuel Butler
- "Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it."
- "The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."
- "A physician’s physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric’s divinity has to his power of influencing conduct."
More In Death
- "The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."― Blaise Pascal
- "There’s something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now."― Angelina Jolie
- "McVeigh’s lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done."― Jon Stewart