Longevity Quotes - Page 5

• 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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• A lot of people come to quote-unquote Hollywood thinking that all they just have to be different or do something outlandish or have a huge personality to become a star. But I think that if you just focus on the craft, you'll have a better chance at longevity.

  Morris Chestnut

  Stars, Thinking, People

  "'The Best Man Holiday' Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.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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• 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 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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• I just appreciate still having the longevity that I've had in my career.

  Diana Ross

  Careers, Appreciate, Stills

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• I prefer to have longevity. I like as great a variety as possible, hopefully to avoid getting stuck in one kind of character, having to do it over and over again. I seek to challenge myself as an actor - and at the same time support my family.

  Bradford Dillman

  Character, Support, Challenges

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

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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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• 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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• Cacao has the highest antioxidant concentration of any major food in the world. Cacao is thirty times higher in antioxidants than red wine, twenty times more potent in antioxidants than blueberries, three times higher than acai, and twice as much as chaga mushrooms. These antioxidants protect our cells from free radical damage and therefore contribute to our longevity and state of well-being.

  David Wolfe

  Wine, Cells, Mushrooms

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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 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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• 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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• 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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• I sometimes think if I had gone to Oxford or Cambridge and looked like a handsome young guy who could be in an Evelyn Waugh novel or something, I'd be a massive movie star. But there's a longevity to what I do. It's more reliable. Someone isn't deciding that I'm the next big thing.

  Eddie Marsan

  Stars, Thinking, Oxford

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

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• Physical fitness is vital for the optimal function of the brain, for retardation of the onset of serious arteriosclerosis which is beginning to appear in early adult life, and for longevity, and a useful and healthy life for our older citizens.

  Paul Dudley White

  Healthy, Brain, Adults

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• I don't see many people with longevity anymore. Everything was harder when I started, and you had to take acting lessons, do theater parts, work on connections and then get lucky. The technology is good, but it's also a hindrance for longevity.

  Dustin Diamond

  Technology, People, Acting

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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