"We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place." ― Doug Coupland Topic(s): Death Tags: idols More From Doug Coupland "Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure." "People will always choose more money over more sex." "The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself." More In Death "For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that."― Sophocles "At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom."― George Carlin "People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death."― Polly Toynbee