"The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead"

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

"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic"

"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation"

"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"

"I was first to break the news about the death of Lady Diana. The CNN team couldn't get into makeup fast enough"

"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see"

"Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste"

"Give the peasants neither life nor death"

"To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death"

"Not even old age knows how to love death"