#longer

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. ↗

— Jean Paul

#approach #becomes #before #bright #clear

We're sad about some of the losses of members of great seniority and distinction in the Congress, and some very new members, who will no longer be serving with us. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#congress #distinction #great #longer #losses

People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that. ↗

— Liz Phair

#collection #fitting #game #hang #hopes

The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it's like retiring. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#day #decided #development #four #i

In various European countries, it is increasingly common for young men to live with their parents into their 30s and even longer. Why not? In the welfare state, there is no shame in doing so. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#countries #doing #european #european countries #even

The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care? ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#baby boomers #backbone #boomers #care #cope

It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession, that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives, to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in God's waiting room. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#centuries #die #god #healthier #help

Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant. ↗

— Henri Queuille

#decisions #longer #politics #postponing #relevant

Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#assume #completely #danger #dare #demand

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer. ↗

— Robert Quillen

#bodies #get #grow #longer #older