Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 11
“The proudest human that walks the earth is a free American citizen.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
Talk at the Commercial Club of Chicago http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/education/bsa/citizenship_merit_badge/eisenhower_citizenship_quotations.pdf (21 May 1948) <br class="br">1940s
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Source: Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2
“Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.”
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.
Source: The Book Thief
Kurt Vonnegut Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Introduction, "About This Play"
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970)
“Try to be free: you will die of hunger.”
Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
“A man should live forever, or die trying.”
Spider Robinson book Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (1977) "A voice is heard in Ramah"
Off the Wall at Callahan's (2004)
Variant: A person should live forever, or die trying.
