Deaths Quotations

'Hard Hit,' a YA collection of poems, explores the country of grief and survival. Mark, a 16-year-old boy and skilled pitcher, must confront the coming death of his beloved father with the help of his friends, family, baseball, and an idiosyncratic belief in God. I used my own experience of my parents' deaths to inform this journey.

The really good thing about 'Sleepy Hollow' is you have no idea who's going to die when... But then equally, we showed in the pilot several people can come back to life, so you have no idea who's going to come back. Death means very little in our Sleepy Hollow, so expect more surprise deaths and more surprise resurrections.

Back in the 1960s, the number of deaths each year from unintentional poisoning was 15 times greater than it is today.

There are many causes of violent deaths in America - murders and traffic accidents - that we do not approach with the same 'no price too steep, no task too difficult' approach that we take toward al Qaeda.

Elephants seek food elsewhere if their route is blocked, and raiding crops and grain stores brings them into conflict with people, often resulting in deaths on both sides.

In the real world, 90% of the money spent on medical research is focused on conditions that are responsible for just 10% of the deaths and disability caused by diseases globally.

Mining is a dangerous profession. There's no way to make a mine completely safe: These are the words owners have always used to excuse needless deaths and the words miners use to prepare for them.

So many deaths could be prevented if measures were implemented to expand background checks and keep individuals like John Hinckley from ever buying firearms in the first place.

You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images.

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy, but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy.

The theater itself is a lie. Its deaths are mere special effects. Its tales never happened. Even the histories are distorted for dramatic effect. The theater is unnatural, a place of imagination. But the theater tells the audience something true: that the world requires judgments.

We are seeing advances everyday and deaths are decreasing. It is a direct correlation.

There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.

What's most tragic is that this denial of basic education leads to over 1 million unnecessary child and maternal deaths a year. Moreover, children who have never seen the inside of a classroom are precisely those that face the most acute poverty, and should be the prime target of the international community if it is at all serious about realizing the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals of halving extreme poverty by 2015.

What's interesting is that even without the potential benefits of early detection and treatment, at least one-third of cancer deaths are preventable.

With the latest lady we found in Jakarta, still I think the investigation is ongoing, there were lots of chickens and ducks in her neighborhood, but as far as I have been told there was no actual chicken deaths among those recently,

We also send cards to acknowledge illnesses, births and deaths in the family. One officer who was out on leave for a while told me how much it meant to him that he got a card from us and that we were thinking of him during that time.

There are more rollover deaths now than there used to be. And that's entirely due to more SUVs on the road.

There are going to be a lot more deaths from this earthquake.

We have yet to investigate the Administration's failed policy in Iraq that has led to the deaths of over 2,000 American soldiers.

Yes, it was positive, she died from avian influenza. We have 22 deaths now.

We have solid scientific evidence that screening through an organized program can reduce cancer deaths and, in some cases, even the incidence of certain cancers. Existing cancer screening has helped reduce the cancer toll in Canada. However, we need to do more to make the most of this opportunity, which has the potential to significantly reduce the cancer burden in this country.

The proudest thing is that there were no deaths or injuries.

We need to look him in the eyes and tell him that he is responsible for the deaths of our children... We are going to show him what suffering is.

We're looking at sheltering and feeding people for three months, ... Consequently, we will need volunteers for not only a few days or weeks, but long term. We have hundreds of deaths and thousands homeless. It's just an overwhelming situation.

So far the situation is still under control, the number of deaths due to the AI virus is still below those in Vietnam and Thailand ,

Military deaths in this first wave of attacks would be expected to be in the thousands. Civilian deaths would be in the many hundreds at least, particularly with the requirement to target technical support for the nuclear and missile infrastructure, with many of the factories being located in urban areas.

Millions of women in malaria-endemic areas in Africa become pregnant every year. Malaria is a threat to these women and their babies, with up to 200,000 newborn deaths each year as a result of malaria.

One death is a tragedy, and a million deaths are a statistic.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic

My expectation today remains exactly what it was nine years ago, even, six, five and four years ago. I expect children's deaths to be investigated,

More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.

More than half the combat deaths in Vietnam occurred after Richard Nixon was elected on a promise to bring the war to an end, and after the American people had already decided that they did not want one more soldier to die in Vietnam.

If they are paying death benefits, that's their problem. We have solid data on the projected number of deaths that could be expected. People think they got massive doses, but they didn't, they really didn't.

I am grateful for the opportunity to announce this unprecedented agreement between the Justice Department and the city of Cincinnati that improves law enforcement and helps prevent the kind of tragic deaths of citizens and police officers that have caused so much pain in Cincinnati during the past several years,

I am satisfied that every one of the worst-case scenarios was wrong. Total NATO deaths from hostile action in Bosnia since Dayton have been zero.

Based on the statistics, most of the charges saying that obesity caused various diseases or that obesity caused thousands of deaths were simply not supported.

I can't help but think that some of these deaths could've been prevented, if people had simply slowed down.

Four thousand deaths is too many. Building walls is not the solution, but building bridges of communication is.

If we are going to avoid a further wave of deaths we have to get shelter and protection to people who need it,

If the air conditions in all areas reached the nation's second level, 178, 000 deaths would be avoided every year.

There is good news in that the overall fatality rate is on the decline ... at the same time there are still a remarkable number of job-related deaths that we think are inherently preventable. That's where the focus needs to be.

We've found about 200 road-rage deaths over a period of several years, compared to the 17,000 a year caused by drunk driving. Some states are considering pretty severe penalties, trying to rewrite laws so that road rage has some specific legal consequences. We're not sure that's appropriate.

We are extremely saddened by the tragic deaths of two of our high school students this morning and our thoughts and prayers are with the families at this time.

We must do everything we can to reduce these needless deaths and we strongly believe that banning wireless communications devices for teen-agers learning to drive will help significantly.

He was present at every meeting where political and military actions were decided upon that resulted in deportations, illegal arrests, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of thousands of Bosnians.

He was a communist opportunist and became an opportunistic nationalist. His actions led to the deaths of over 300,000 people, four wars, the instability in Europe, creation of criminal gangs ... he was never going to see daylight again and that was appropriate and now he's gone.

He lied so the plot could proceed unimpeded. With that lie, he caused the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. He rejoiced in the death and destruction.

It is important that local and national authorities within other countries in the region remain vigilant for possible outbreaks of suspected avian influenza in poultry and other birds. It is vital that all instances of multiple bird deaths are reported to authorities and investigated promptly.

I welcome the Gates Foundation's announcement today. For far too long, world leaders have ignored the global tuberculosis epidemic, even as it causes millions of needless deaths each year.

I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war.

I think the rule should be that if we're going to take actions overseas that result in the deaths of people, the United States should take responsibility for that.

I think there's some encouragement in what we've found in the initial sweeps that some of the catastrophic deaths that some people predicted may not have occurred.

Ironically, these rains bring little respite. While they have alleviated the immediate need for water, there is increased risk of people falling sick from drinking contaminated water, while livestock deaths have continued because the animals are too weak and vulnerable to diseases such as pneumonia when temperatures drop at night.

People are consuming too much salt and excessive sodium levels in the diet are estimated to contribute to 41% of deaths annually from cardiovascular disease. One teaspoon less of salt a day per person would have a favourable influence on public health

Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer deaths in the United States. That fact has held true over the last 20 or 30 years.

Our whole home, our lives, got turned inside out. We just felt fortunate ours was still here, fortunate there were no deaths or anything like that.

O thou undaunted daughter of desires! / By all thy dower of lights and fires; / By all the eagle in thee, all the dove; / By all thy lives and deaths of love; / By thy large draughts of intellectual day.

Red light cameras can help communities enforce traffic laws by automatically photographing vehicles whose drivers run red lights. A nationwide study of fatal crashes at traffic signals in 1999 and 2000 estimated that 20 percent of the vehicles involved failed to obey signals. In 2004 alone, more than 900 people were killed, and an estimated 168,000 were injured, in crashes that involved red light running. About half of all deaths in red light running crashes are pedestrians and occupants in other vehicles who are hit by the red light runners.

Sure, there have been deaths and injuries in boxing, but none of them serious.

Sprawl is killing people, some 300,000 premature deaths annually because of the sprawl sedentary lifestyle, and it is killing our natural environment, scenic vistas, biodiversity, rural towns and much more.

Some of the catastrophic deaths some people have predicted may not have occurred. The numbers, so far, are relatively minor as compared with the dire predictions of 10,000.

Tests on the bodies are being done to ascertain whether the deaths were caused by the disease.

My mind lets go a thousand things, Like dates of wars and deaths of kings, And yet recalls the very hour 'Twas noon by yonder village tower, And on the last blue noon in May The wind came briskly up this way, Crisping the brook beside the road; Then,

I think one year I was responsible for 163 screen deaths. That was a pretty good year for me, although it seems better than it actually was at a glance; 72 of those deaths were accounted for in one show.

I strongly suspect that there is a relationship between the rise in deaths and incarcerations abroad and the infringement of press freedom at home.

It hasn't reached what we call the epidemic threshold status yet, in terms of deaths from influenza-like illness. But we won't be surprised if that happens given the pattern emerging right now.

Judging from the description of the amount of oil that's been seen in this event, we could be looking at the deaths of thousands of sea birds.

Justice demands that the 168 deaths be reflected in the sentence.

The 46 deaths that have been reported are only those that are known publicly,

The accidental deaths are people who are taking the drug for a very long period of time. These are people who are at, or slightly higher than, the recommended dose. The NPX lasts longer in the blood, and it is the one that is so toxic.

The action taken last night, which resulted in the deaths of children among others in a missile attack in Gaza, is unacceptable and counterproductive.

The 5% or 4% that don't have them, more than half of fire deaths occur in those homes.

The antiterrorist operation was poorly coordinated, and the question remains open whether many of the deaths were caused by Russian forces' use of indiscriminate weapons such as tank cannons and flame-throwers.

That's because we looked at what happened in the 1918 pandemic. That caused the greatest number of deaths ever recorded from an infectious disease in a single year, by far. More than the black plague, more than any other infectious disease,

My best effort at correlating dollars spent with deaths from drug side effects suggests that people may be dying from side effects from the schizophrenia drugs alone at the rate of at least one death for each one million dollars spent on these drugs. The actual numbers may reflect a much higher death rate.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do

We continue to strongly oppose the Israeli policy of targeted attacks, which in this case has led to the deaths of innocent civilians. We deeply regret and strongly deplore the killing of civilians.

Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly;In my own way, and with my full consent.Say what you will, kings in a tumbrel rarelyWent to their deaths more proud than this one went.Some nights of apprehension and hot weepingI will confess; but that's permitted me;Day dried my eyes; I was not one for keepingRubbed in a cage a wing that would be free.If I had loved you less or played you slylyI might have held you for a summer more,But at the cost of words I value highly,And no such summer as the one before.Should I outlive this anguish-and men do-I shall have only good to say of you.

We're aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration.

We estimate that 90,000 deaths due to cancer could be prevented each year in the United States if men and women could maintain normal weight,

You are as certain as you can be that the deaths of these two did not take place at the place where they were found?

We're very thankful that we didn't have any more injuries or deaths than we had. But we're still stunned.

Typically rollovers represent a small percentage of crashes but are disproportionately high in the number of deaths because they're so lethal.

We are doing everything we can to rescue any survivors. However, we do not know how many people may be missing. This is an extremely dangerous voyage that has resulted in many Haitian deaths in the past.

Unfortunately, we're at the top of a really bad list, ... That is railway crossing accidents and fatalities. Although we're not a populous state, we rank in the Top 3 in railway accidents and the Top 5 in deaths related to railway accidents. We have as many dangerous railway crossing as just about any state, except maybe for California and Illinois.

You did the right thing by offering to resign, ... I'd like you to know that there's at least one member of Congress who is not going to rationalize the innocent deaths of two dozen children.

We have long since recognized the need for a safe and effective rotavirus vaccine and the significant impact that it can have throughout the world. Because of dehydration due to rotavirus infections, more than 600,000 infants and young children die each year. While most deaths are in developing countries, hospitalizations in Europe are common.

The deceased victims' deaths were slow and agonizing and, in essence, occurred in ever-increasing stages of mental anguish and physical pain.

The death toll now stands at 746. There were 25 deaths in the past 36 hours.

The deaths of these servicemen are especially poignant on a day when Iraqis were able to enjoy the freedom of democratic elections for the first time in many years.

The deaths of hundreds of people engaged in religious observances is no laughing matter.

We'll show them what we have to determine if they have any additional deaths that we didn't know about.

We understand that the Louisiana attorney general is investigating all deaths that occurred at New Orleans hospitals and nursing homes after the hurricane, and we fully support and are cooperating with him.

We're trying to prevent injuries and deaths from gun violence, and we're very concerned with both of them.

When Katrina struck in 2005, roughly 300 deaths were recorded at hospitals, long-term care facilities and in nursing homes, according to a recently published study of death certificates and disaster mortuary team records. Many of them might have been saved if they had been evacuated sooner.

While no one today could have had the power to prevent the earthquake from happening, we do have the power to stop the next wave: the deaths and despair caused by freezing temperatures and disease, by lack of shelter, food and water,

With 30,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations from the seasonal flu, those numbers are certainly higher than what we've seen of the swine flu. Protecting yourself from both viruses is very important.

There has been a lot of suspicious, maybe hazing, deaths in the last couple of years-in the last five or six years.

Too many people are moving into areas that coincide with elephant habitat. People are dying and elephants are dying. Conservation groups need to reduce the number of deaths on both sides.