Longevity Quotes - Page 5

• I thank my dad for my mental longevity and for the fact we played against better competition.

  Karch Kiraly

  Dad, Competition, Facts

  Source: www.stack.com

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• One of the best ways to [improve my longevity] that is to minimize injury or avoid it by being more flexible—especially when we are meeting at the net. There is a hitter and blocker, which means a lot foot contact, where you can twist your ankle easily.

  Karch Kiraly

  Mean, Feet, Ankles

  Source: www.stack.com

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• A lot of factors go into the longevity of a show.

  Eric Close

  Shows, Factors

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• History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?

  Dick Cavett

  Reassuring, Lasting, Subjects

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• One of the things that people aren't aware of is how much progress is being made in eradicating poverty and providing a healthier life and longevity for people around the world.

  Kathy Calvin

  People, Progress, World

  "Kathy Calvin | President/CEO of United Nations Foundation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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• The exercises helped get the flexibility back in my ankle and also increased my overall flexibility. As I was getting into my 30s, I wanted to do everything I could to improve my longevity.

  Karch Kiraly

  Exercise, Ankles, Wanted

  Source: www.stack.com

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• My movie [The Neon Demon] is a hyper-version of the obsession with beauty. As this crazy obsession grows, longevity does not. Everything seems to become younger and younger. The girls and people around them cannibalize themselves.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Girl, Crazy, People

  Source: movieweb.com

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• I want longevity; I love music, being a musician is the greatest gift in the world to me, and if I were to get signed to a label, my family and team around me are always gonna be there to make sure they want the very best for me. My fans are what it's all about.

  Christina Grimmie

  Team, Musician, Fans

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Barry Manilow is a guy who's had a tremendous longevity that few have had in the music business. I'm in awe of what he does.

  Dave Koz

  Guy, Doe, Awe

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

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• I could play through anything. But just thinking about I have kids, longevity, I probably would have made more of a conscious effort not to hit the floor, but at the end of the day in the playoffs, you can't play that way. You just have to play and give it your all.

  Rajon Rondo

  Kids, Thinking, Play

  "Rajon Rondo: 'I have nothing but love' for Mavericks". Interview with Tim MacMahon, www.espn.com. January 5, 2016.

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• Of course, I don't mean to imply that all writers are working in the deep waters that border on the divine. Most writers are just trying to pay the bills, like anyone else - Stephanie Meyers is the literary equivalent of a television evangelist. Fork over twenty bucks and she'll help you forget your troubles for a while. I certainly don't fault her for her success, but I hope she has no illusions about the quality of her craft or the longevity of her efforts.

  Kevin Keck

  Mean, Deep Water, Effort

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Some guys don't have to work out as hard as other guys do, but if you balance all that together then your longevity is definitely going to be greater. So, I would tell my 20-year-old self not to over-train.

  Andre Reed

  Self, Years, Work Out

  Source: www.nfl.com

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• I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.

  Patti Smith

  Singers, Wanted

  "The Private World of Patti Smith". Interview with Joan Juliet Buck, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 30, 2015.

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• I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.

  Sam Elliott

  Years, Actors, Nine

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It will be very hard to get out of Bond. It will be the pictures I do between Bonds that will color my career, that will give my career longevity after this franchise is over ... I will be stamped with this character for life.

  Pierce Brosnan

  Character, Color, Careers

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• Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we need to discard the idea of longevity and cease loving this life, instead committing these things to God and, believing that no one ever escapes destiny, to consider, with that in mind, how we may live the best possible life in the time that remains.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Believe, Destiny

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• I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. That ensures your longevity as an artist and prevents you from getting bored with yourself and, hopefully, prevents people from getting bored with you.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Artist, Media, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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• 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.

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• If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.

  Alber Elbaz

  Party, Mean, Soul

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• In front of the camera and in front of the lens, there's no lawsuits, there's no agent, and there's most frequently no time limits... There's a longevity that's kind of built into it. I spend most of my time behind the scenes, and when it is time to perform, I'm genuinely delighted to do it.

  David Lee Roth

  Cameras, Lenses, Agents

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• In most, if not quite all, parts of the world, the size, shape and longevity of the human body have changed more substantially, and much more rapidly, during the past three centuries than over many previous millennia.

  Robert Fogel

  Past, Three, World

  "The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700". Book by Roderick Floud,‎ Robert W. Fogel,‎ Bernard Harris,‎ Sok Chul Hong, 2011.

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• The only thing at the back of my mind is longevity, and I'm really lucky that I've constantly been in work since I left drama school.

  Conleth Hill

  Drama, School, Mind

  "Hill's alive with the sound of music" by Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2004.

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• I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.

  Diana Ross

  Careers, Appreciate, Stills

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• Most people look at their homes, and they are trying to decide what things cosmetically they want to do. When I go through a house and I make a decision about what we are going to do, I start with health and safety, followed by efficiency and longevity. It's really difficult because everyone has a different budget and situation.

  Bryan Baeumler

  Home, Safety, People

  Source: www.realstylenetwork.com

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• Mimesis has longevity on its side. But Oasis wrote two of the greatest pop songs of all time, each with lyrics that mean less and less the more you think about them. So I'm going to have to go with the Gallagher brothers.

  Matthew Zapruder

  Song, Brother, Mean

  Source: therumpus.net

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