Longevity Quotes - Page 4

• the marriage twists, holds firm, a sailor's knot.

  Anne Sexton

  Marriage, Twists, Sailor

  Anne Sexton (1978). “Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.

  Seneca the Younger

  Good Life, Long, Soul

  4 Copy quote

• To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net [the matrix]. It is not hard to do so, as the net is full of holes. Look at the net and its many contradictions. You do and undo at every step. You want peace, love and happiness, and work hard to create pain, hatred and war. You want longevity and you overeat. You want friendship and you exploit. See your net as made of such contradictions and remove them - your very seeing them will make them go away.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Pain, War, Hard Work

  39 Copy quote

• There's no longevity in me telling old stories on the radio.

  Danny Bonaduce

  Stories, Radio

  4 Copy quote

• Soul music is about longevity and reaching and touching people on a human level - and that's never going to get lost.

  Jill Scott

  People, Soul, Touching

  Interview with James Walsh, www.mtv.co.uk. June 27, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• To buy an Apple product is to bet on the longevity of the closed system to which we've committed ourselves. And that system is embodied - through marketing as much as talent - by Steve Jobs.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Jobs, Apples, Marketing

  4 Copy quote

• Everything teaches transition, transference, metamorphosis: therein is human power, in transference, not in creation; & therein is human destiny, not in longevity but in removal. We dive & reappear in new places.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Destiny, Transition, Metamorphosis

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.76, Harvard University Press

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Like anybody, I would like to have a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Long, Want, Difficult Days

  Speech in Memphis, 3 Apr. 1968 (the day before King was assassinated), in New York Times 4 Apr. 1968, p. 24

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Thinking, Common Purpose

  South Carolina Democratic Primary Victory Speech, delivered 26 January 2008

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think a lot of longevity, especially as a performer, depends on kind of what your commodity is. If your commodity is your cuteness and your chubby cheeks and your big gap between your teeth, if that's what your greatest asset is, of course that fails or that changes, you know, that goes away. Of course that fades.

  Fred Savage

  Thinking, Gaps, Teeth

  "Why Fred Savage put directing on hold to star in ‘The Grinder’". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. September 28, 2015.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

  Ruben Studdard

  Giving, Praying, Music Industry

  "Ruben's debut". Interview with Ann Curry, www.nbcnews.com. January 2, 2004.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes longevity. The risk is to shorten a career that could have lasted 10 years because the athlete is burnt out.

  Alberto Juantorena

  Athlete, Filling Up, Years

  9 Copy quote

• We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go up to the mountaintop. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Land, Justice, Diversity

  I've Been to the Mountaintop, delivered 3 April 1968, Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters), Memphis, Tennessee

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• But my longevity is due to my good timing.

  Tony Curtis

  Timing, Dues

  4 Copy quote

• I want in 40 years to still be acting and to more than anything have longevity and not just be this huge flash in the pan and then disappear.

  Debby Ryan

  Years, Acting, Want

  8 Copy quote

• I realized that the artists who managed to fight through this recession have a better shot at longevity than most. The recession was a test of your resolve and passion. I think as we come out of these rough times we will be more adept at survival and will have gained the skills necessary to make a long fruitful artistic career. There will still be those that fade away but we are more likely to grow and bend with the times and prosper.

  Mark Edward

  Passion, Fighting, Artist

  "Lessons From Old Art Magazines". markedwardadams.com. May 3, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Not only is yoga excellent for flexibility, but it is also a great tool for longevity and injury prevention, as it allows for internal body awareness.

  Kyle Shewfelt

  Yoga, Tools, Prevention

  4 Copy quote

• Your longevity in the sport is governed by how you live in between the fights.

  Carl Froch

  Sports, Motivation, Fighting

  7 Copy quote

• The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.

  Richard Simmons

  Real, Pride, Loss

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 25, 2012.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I had a good, sound upbringing with sensible people around me. I was brought up by intelligent parents. My mother always said to me, "You've got to work at your career and you've got to be good at it. Okay, you've had a bit of success but that's not longevity. You've got to really work for a long time."

  Olivia Newton-John

  Mother, Intelligent, Careers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• It likes it when you don’t depend on it. It will reward you every time you don’t act needy. It will chase you if you act like other things (passion, friendship, family, longevity) are more important to you. If your career is a bad boyfriend, it is healthy to remember you can always leave and go sleep with somebody else.

  Amy Poehler

  Passion, Sleep, Remember You

  "Yes Please". Book by Amy Poehler, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 28, 2014.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I feel that what is probably the greatest enemy of longevity is popularity, and most people die of popularity.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  People, Enemy, Popularity

  12 Copy quote

• My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Concern

  4 Copy quote

• You can have calmness of mind at all times by the practice of yoga. You can have restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality, longevity, and a high standard of health. You can turn out efficient work within a short space of time. You can have success in every walk of life.

  Sivananda

  Yoga, Sleep, Practice

  Swami Sivananda (1964). “Bliss Divine: A Book of Spiritual Essays on the Lofty Purpose of Human Life and the Means to Its Achievement”

  94 Copy quote

  Show source

• Because of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.

  Tony Campolo

  White, America, House

  "The Making of a Better President" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source