Quotes About Longevity

and were making themselves into many things they have never been before: augmented, multi-sexed, and most importantly, very long lived, the oldest at that point being around two hundred years old. But not one whit wiser, or even more intelligent. Sad but true: individual intelligence probably peaked in the Upper Paleolithic, and we have been self-domesticated creatures ever since.

No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home in Weston-super-Mare

You'd think after two thousand years, I'd be accustomed to looks of fear.

Perhaps Court was just an ignorant Scot, but he preferred two things in his surgeons: that they be sober, and that they have lived long enough to have practiced on others before getting to him.

Radical Christianity is not going on a missions trip or a big conference. Radical Christianity is staying steady for decades.

You could say people are living longer because of the decline in religion. Not many people believe in the hereafter, so they keep going.

If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.

Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.

There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.

It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.

It's only the desire to live as long as possible that makes everything seem complicated and mysterious.

In truth, so far modern medicine hasn't extended our natural life span by a single year. Its great achievement has been to save us from premature death, and allow us to enjoy the full measure of our years.

as people live longer and have fewer children, care of the elderly will probably be one of the fastest-growing sectors in the human labor market.

A few serious scholars suggest that by 2050, some humans will become a-mortal (not immortal, because they could still die of some accident, but a-mortal, meaning that in the absence of fatal trauma their lives could be extended indefinitely).

Si los nuevos tratamientos para alargar la vida y mejorar las condiciones físicas y cognitivas acaban siendo caros, la humanidad podría dividirse en castas biológicas.

The human care industry – which takes care of the sick, the young and the elderly – is likely to remain a human bastion for a long time. Indeed, as people live longer and have fewer children, care of the elderly will probably be one of the fastest-growing sectors in the human labour market.

Little understanding cannot come up to great understanding; the short-lived cannot come up to the long-lived.

The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.

He who loves, lives longer.

I think the institute of marriage is a noble thing. The idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we're living to 100. A hundred years ago people were dying at age 37. Til death do us part was a much different deal.

Focus on the quality of life. Add life to your years and then years will be added to your life.

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.