“On the contrary, mortality improved with increasing age at retirement for people from both high and low economic groups.”
Shan Tsai
“The mortality rates among people around age 60 is about the same in both countries. But we don't do a better job at preventing people from getting sick in the first place.”
James Smith
“How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.”
Albert Einstein
“War gets people thinking about mortality even if they aren't going to be doing any fighting themselves, ... Now's a good time to look at whether you have the right life insurance coverage and to make sure your estate plan is in order.”
Gary Schatsky
“For all mortals, birth is suffering, ageing is suffering, sickness is suffering.”
Buddha
“How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn;for what purpose we know not, though sometimes sense it. But we know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends”
“People like you and I, though mortal of course like everyone else, do not grow old no matter how long we live.... [We] never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.”
