Quotes About Longevity

Twenty-five years has been a good run. Boy bands like Boyzone don't get to last this long, usually.

This is the question I'm asking: Do Americans live twice as long because they consume twice as much energy as Europeans? Are you people twice as smart as the average Frenchman? Do you enjoy life twice as much as the average Danish guy? What have we gotten for consuming twice as much energy as Europe? What have we gotten in return?

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.

May you get exactly what you want and live long enough to regret it.

Also, if you're in a TV show that does turn out to be very successful, you then can do whatever you want to do in theater for a very long time.

My wife is my protector. Without her, I'm nothing. She wants to please me, and I want to please her. We've been together over 53 years.

Acting keeps me young! I love that the fans like this kind of action and as long as they want me I'll continue to do it.

I can't believe I've been doing it so long. In the last three or four years, I've slowed down. I'm doing only the roles I really want to do.

I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive.

In figure skating, your body can only last for so long. I can't be 50 and trying to skate but I can be 50 and be in fashion, so I have to look to my future and what I want to achieve.

Shirley MacLaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too.

When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years and refer back to it.

It is not about being thin. It is about staying healthy and fit. I need to live a long time to fulfil all the things I want to do. I want to be walking around at 90.

If you stick with running, the day will come when you'll want to live forever.

I absolutely love what I do, and I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I am putting out there on the stage.

I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.

Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want.

I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary. I think that's why I want to be an architect." "To build something permanent," I said. "A monument to last a thousand years.

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.

Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.

Her long life spanned American history from the colonial era to the eve of the Civil War, and she died as the last remaining widow of a Founding Father.

Dia membayangkan dirinya dipintal oleh 'Sang Waktu, Pemintal paling hebat dan paling lama dari semuanya', tapi mengakui bahwa,'tempat pemintalannya adalah tempat rahasia, pekerjaannya tak bersuara dan Tangan-Tangan Sang Waktu diredam.

Many people who collect orchids designate an orchid heir in their wills, because they know the plants will outlast them.

People who have been single for a long time tend to be independent. That's not necessarily bad, but you need to remember you're half of a team now.