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'''Death and taxes''' is a common reference to the famous quotation:<ref>{{cite web|last=Bullock|first=Christopher|title=The Cobler of Preston|url=http://www.someworthwhilequotes.com/certaintychange.html|accessdate=14 January 2013}}</ref> |
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{{quote|Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except '''death and |
{{quote|Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except '''death and taxes'''.|[[Benjamin Franklin]]|in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789}} |
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'''Death and Taxes''' may also refer to: |
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* [[Death & Taxes (film)|''Death & Taxes'' (film)]], a 1993 Jeffery J. Jackson movie about Gordon Kahl |
* [[Death & Taxes (film)|''Death & Taxes'' (film)]], a 1993 Jeffery J. Jackson movie about Gordon Kahl |
Revision as of 17:07, 23 January 2014
Wikiquote has quotations related to Benjamin Franklin.
Death and taxes is a common reference to the famous quotation:[1]
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
— Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789
Death and Taxes may also refer to:
- Death & Taxes (film), a 1993 Jeffery J. Jackson movie about Gordon Kahl
- Death & Taxes, a beer produced by Moonlight Brewing Company
- "Death & Taxes", a 2007 episode of Theme Time Radio Hour
- Music
- "Death and Taxes", a song on the 2000 Kid Dynamite album Shorter, Faster, Louder
- "Death & Taxes", a 64k Intro winner of the Scene.org Awards
- Literature
- Death and Taxes, a 1931 poetry collection by Dorothy Parker
- Death and Taxes, the 1941 debut novel by David F. Dodge
- Death and Taxes, a 1967 novel by Thomas B. Dewey
- Death and Taxes, a 1976 book by Hans Sennholz
- Death and Taxes, a 1990 comic by Frank Miller; see Give Me Liberty
- Lobo: Death & Taxes, a 1996 comic book miniseries; see List of DC Comics publications
- Groo: Death & Taxes, a comic book miniseries; see Groo the Wanderer
- Television
- "Death and Taxes", a 1959 episode of Bat Masterson (TV series)
- "Death and Taxes", a 1986 episode of Magnum, P.I.; see List of Magnum, P.I. episodes
- "Death and Taxes", a 1990 episode of Mancuso, F.B.I.
- "Death and Taxes", a 1991 episode of Zorro; see List of Zorro episodes (1990 series)
- "Death and Taxes", a 1994 episode of The Bill; see List of The Bill episodes (series 10)
- "Death and Taxes", a 1999 episode of Twice in a Lifetime
- "Death and Taxes", a 2001 episode of Blue Murder; see List of Blue Murder episodes
- "Death and Taxes", a 2003 episode of ER; see ER (season 10)
- Death and Taxes: Joe Stack's Attack on the IRS, a 2010 CNN TV documentary about Joe Stack's suicide attack
- Video Games
- "Nothing is certain but death and taxes.", a quote on the promotional poster for the mission undercover on Payday: The Heist
- Name of a strategy of a Magic The Gathering's Grimoire, who receive the same name.
- Film
- "Death and Taxes", title of a fictional book written by one of the characters in the 2006 US movie "Stranger than Fiction"
- The quote is used in the 1998 movie Meet Joe Black: "Drew" And who would've thought... you, an IRS agent", Joe Black: "Death and Taxes."
References
- ^ Bullock, Christopher. "The Cobler of Preston". Retrieved 14 January 2013.