Death Row Statements

Famous quotes containing the words death, row and/or statements:

    When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)

    If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.
    —J.L. (John Langshaw)