"I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work,' because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep."-Andy Warhol

Elbert Hubbard on Ida Straus, passanger of the Titanic, who chose to stay with her husband on board instead of taking her place in the all-female life boat:

"Mr. and Mrs. Straus, I envy you that legacy of love and loyalty left to your children and grandchildren. The calm courage that was yours all your long and useful career was your possession in death. You knew how to do three great things—you knew how to live, how to love and how to die. One thing is sure, there are just two respectable ways to die. One is of old age, and the other is by accident. All disease is indecent. Suicide is atrocious. But to pass out as did Mr. and Mrs. Isador Straus is glorious. Few have such a privilege. Happy lovers, both. In life they were never separated and in death they are not divided."

Straus allegedly stated: "Not I—I will not leave my husband. All these years we've traveled together, and shall we part now? No, our fate is one."

It's and interesting perspective, especially his statement that "All disease is indecent."