"The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth"

"If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death"

"My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me"

"Immortality - a fate worse than death"

"Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity"

"That which is so universal as death must be a benefit"

"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily"

"It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic structure, on society, on politics, etc. It's that everything now exists in technology to the point where technology is the new and comprehensive host of nature of life"

"Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death"

"Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn"

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"