#mortal

Perhaps one reason for the falling-off of belief in a continuance of conscious existence is to be found in the quality of life that most of us lead. There is not much in it with which, in any kind of reason, one can associate the idea of immortality. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#associate #belief #conscious #continuance #existence

Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse. ↗

— John Osborne

#god #heroes #high #ideas #made

Every hour you sit at work increases your mortality 11 percent. Think about that. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#every #hour #increases #mortality #percent

Horseracing already has the highest mortality rate of any sport in the world per capita to the people who do it. If you crash in Nascar you still have a roll bar, and a cage, and a lot of protection. It's built to crash, but if you fall off a racehorse we all know what can happen, so it's tremendously dangerous. ↗

— Gary Ross

#any #bar #built #cage #capita

The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#change #citizen #class #immortal #only

All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star. ↗

— Francis Thompson

#canst #each #far #flower #immortal

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? ↗

— Alexander Pope

#fate #former #future #his #knows

Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#given #lie #man #mortal #mortal man

No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

#moments #moreover #mortal #mortal man #wise

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality. ↗

— Mitch Hedberg

#blowing #bubble #carefree #felt #flavor