Quotes About Longevity

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is.

Men's willingness to downplay weakness and pain is so great that it has been named as a factor in their shorter life span. The ten years of difference in longevity between men and women turns out to have little to do with genes. Men wait longer to acknowledge that they are sick, take longer to get help, and once they get treatment do not comply with it as well as women do.

Some years ago, I read an article about two people in the arts (alas, I can't remember who they were) who'd been married for many, many years. Asked for the secret of their long partnership, they said: "We fell straight into conversation when we met, and we haven't come to the end of that conversation yet." I can't think of a better model for marriage than that. Or of a narrative more romantic . . . .

I just see too many people retire and say, 'I'm going to take off, travel, spend time with my family' and they are just miserable. They end up dying. People who work and stay active, and like what they are doing, live longer.

It's a cause championed by the tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the TED Talk darling Aubrey de Gray, Google's billion-dollar Calico longevity lab and investment by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. The National Academy of Medicine, an independent group, recently

We are not building this country of ours for a day. It is to last through the ages.

Live long and prosper

It is vanity to desire a long life, and to have little care for a good life.

Vanidad es desear larga vida y no cuidar que sea buena.

I was Pippa on 'Home And Away' for nearly a decade.

Everybody really needs to laugh... If you don't laugh, you're not going to live long.

People lived in the same apartments for years. You'd meet a group of kids in kindergarten, and you'd still be with them in high school. No one ever left the neighborhood.

TV becomes easier because you get to spend time with that character. It's going to go on for a while, and the more you know something, the easier it becomes, the less nerves you have about it, and the better it is for improv because you have that camaraderie between cast regulars. In film, it's harder because you got to get in and get out.

I want to be a Net for my entire career.

I just want to live a long healthy life, and I don't want to have any neurological diseases or die younger than I would otherwise.

I treat my body the same way I would treat a brand new car. You have to treat it well so it can run for a long time.

I've kept most of my friends for decades, and I continue to make new friends.

We are lucky to have had the longevity we've had, garnering new people. I've even become cool to my daughters' friends.

Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view.

For us, we are moving a company that has been around for 137 years to the next level so that we can be there for the next 137 years.

I am a big fan of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, who have carved a niche for themselves. I think doing different kind of films gives you longevity and the ability to set yourself apart.

A lot of people go into the bar and nightclub business thinking: 'Hey, we can make money for a year or two, close and then open again,' but for me, it's always been a business and it's always been about longevity.

I'm fascinated by people in their eighties and nineties. Especially those who are still creating and living in an interesting way. I am fascinated by them because they have so much to say now that they've lived for so long.

I'm hoping to have a ninth decade like Matisse's.