“Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard.”
Tom Robbins book Jitterbug Perfume
Source: Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
Remark made on May 8, 2013, as quoted in About That New 'Moderate' Iranian Cabinet . . . http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324635904578644333931206380, The Wall Street Journal, (August 7, 2013)
“Birth and death were easy. It was life that was hard.”
Tom Robbins book Jitterbug Perfume
Source: Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
Ali Khamenei (1939) Iranian Shiite faqih, Marja' and official independent islamic leader
March 14, 2005 speech http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/606.htm <br class="br">2005
Charles A. Reich book The Greening of America
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter I : The Coming American Revolution, p. 3, opening lines
Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
The "Tetrapharmakos" [τετραφάρμακος], or "The four-part cure" of Epicurus, from the "Herculaneum Papyrus", 1005, 4.9–14 of Philodemus, as translated in The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia (1994) edited by D. S. Hutchinson, p. vi
Hassan Nasrallah (1960) Secretary General of Hezbollah
Al-Manar, BBC Monitoring. September 27, 2002 <br class="br">Quote, 2002 <br class="br">Source: Camera: Hassan Nasrallah: In His Own Words http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=7&x_issue=11&x_article=1158.
“An uneasy rhythm of life
is more life like than an easy death.”
Suman Pokhrel (1967) Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist
<span class="plainlinks"> Khorampa https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/khorampa/</span> <br class="br">From Poetry
“America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.”
John Piper (1946) American writer
Source: Don't Waste Your Life
“The beautiful cry of 'Death to America' unites our nation.”
Hassan Rouhani (1948) 7th President of Islamic Republic of Iran
Remark made in May, 1995, as quoted in "About That New 'Moderate' Iranian Cabinet . . ." http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324635904578644333931206380, The Wall Street Journal, (August 7, 2013)
Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator
to Republicans who support immigration reform * 2014-03-08
2014 Conservative Political Action Conference
CSPAN
TV
http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/05/27/immigrants-are-more-dangerous-than-isis-and-10/203769
2014
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
statement on the Iran nuclear deal on May 8, 2018 vox.com https://www.vox.com/world/2018/5/8/17332494/read-trump-iran-nuclear-deal-speech-full-text-announcement-transcript <br class="br">2010s, 2018, May