#longevity

... Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey, then we must do so and not worry about our condition, even if it's the worst possible condition, because, if it is, we're finished anyway, whether we go on the journey or not, and it's better to die having made the journey we're been longing for than to be stifled by our longing. ↗

— Thomas Bernhard

#carefree #illness #longevity #mortality #aspiration

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#big #big mistake #book #conceived #could

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

#achievement #day #eternity #game #good

The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#fashion #i #i think #just #longevity

I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#i #kids #longevity #marriage #most

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#expected #great #i #last #longevity

The key to longevity is to learn every aspect of music that you can. ↗

— Prince

#every #key #learn #longevity #music

Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity. ↗

— George Thorogood

#classic rock #gave #longevity #our #radio

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

#life #longevity #quality

If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the 'child actors argument'. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#argument #bed #career #child #child actors