(104 quotes found)
“The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“The foods that promote longevity, virtue, strength, health, happiness, and joy; are juicy, smooth, substantial, and agreeable to the stomach.”
Bhagavad Gita
“A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.”
Garson Kanin
“If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it.”
George F. Burns
“Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.”
Helen Hayes
“If you're looking for youth, you're looking for longevity, just take a dose of rock 'n' roll. It keeps you going. Just like the caffeine in your coffee. Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it. I can't even picture being without rock 'n' roll.”
Hank Ballard
“Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!”
Ozzy Osbourne
“I feel that what is probably the greatest enemy of longevity is popularity, and most people die of popularity.”
Anton LaVey
“(On what her longevity is attributed to) Red meat and gin.”
Julia Child
“A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor”
Charles Reade
