"Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash."

Death, Talk, Taxes, Want

15

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash."

Exlpore more Death quotes

"A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Death, Knowledge, Belief, Ambition

"If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Death, Success, Being

"Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

"Red sky at night, the city's alight."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Happiness

"Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Death, Truth, Regret, Life, Power

"The character who was like me he died at 46, even it was 2008 year so far his name was David Foster Wallace."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Death, Truth, Life, Wisdom

"Most people do not mind dying, as long as that does not happen today."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Power, Truth, Happiness, Today

"The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Power, Wisdom, Future, Happiness

"Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to die."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Death, Truth, Fear, Philosophy

Explore more quotes by Ruth Ann Minner

"Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again."

Time, Idea, May, Recycling

"Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash."

Death, Talk, Taxes, Want

"Our financial services and insurance cluster is one of Delaware's key economic drivers in the state."

Finance, Financial, Key, State

"Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree."

Family, Children, College, Promise, School

"Our world and our state have been transformed, but, in contrast, we as people have not been."

People, Contrast, State, World

"This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have one of the most reliable and non-political processes for agreeing on how much money there is. We don't play games with the numbers."

Government, Money, Games, May

"I have said it often and I will say it again: I believe you learn to read when you are young, then read to learn for the rest of your life."

Life, Rest, Will

"So I promise you that this State of the State, like a good pizza, will be delivered in 25 minutes or less."

Politics, Promise, State, Will