Quotes About Longevity

Lasting happiness is the offspring of endurance.

Honor your father and your mother that your days may be long upon the land.

You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

with a woman's life expectancy at eighty-four years, it is reasonable to expect that she will not only live thirty to forty years beyond menopause, but be vibrant, sharp, and influential as well. The menopause you will experience is not your mother's (or grandmother's) menopause.

Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population (increasing at the rate of 75,000 people per year).

Adopting a really positive attitude can work wonders to adding years to your life, a spring to your step, a sparkle to your eye, and all of that.

I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.

I bet I live till ninety, with all my aches and pains. To think that's fifty more years of the Great I-Am. No wonder I want to make away with myself. Who wouldn't?

Art is long and life is short.

She wouldn't dispute that there was such a thing as sheer, instinctive physical attraction, but sexual attraction was a more intricate process, and the greater part of it happened in the head. Good sex needed commitment, and by that she didn't mean honourable intentions or proven longevity. Commitment was about how much you were prepared to let go. If you were with someone long enough, that came through trust. Otherwise, it had to come through abandon.

I study long-married couples and decide that wives are like bras: sometimes the most matronly are the most supportive.

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

one honey fungus in Oregon covers almost four square miles and is thought to be nearly two and a half thousand years old.

I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly.

I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me.

Like depression, the effects of anxiety extend beyond the body and mind to the entire being, affecting not only one's sense of well-being but also health, longevity, work productivity, relationships—the entire human condition.

Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging," the report notes that while we live longer today than ever before, we are at increasing risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases. The report refers to the "Western disease cluster

The quality will remain when the price is forgotten.

Grass that is here today and gone tomorrow does not require much time to mature. A giant oak tree that lasts for generations requires much more time to grow strong.

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

If I'd known I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself.

hundred and ten is not such a great age, from a biblical point of view at least.

They say weight training is good for you and helps you be healthier. Not hard to do, given the older I get, the more years I carry.