a succinct observation

i was trolling around the web as per usual and stumbled onto ask an atheist. they have a quote page where if found this anecdote from samuel clemens (mark twain):

Mr. Clemens was once asked whether he feared death. He said that he did not, in view of the fact that he had been dead for billions and billions of years before he was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

i thought that was a brilliant point. wish i'd've said it. i've certainly thought it, but never in so witty a way.