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> [Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/ever-since-we-invented-fire-and-the-wheel-we-ve-been-demonstrating/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/aubrey-de-grey-17616_ability_ever-since-we-invented-fire-and-the-whee_1747843.png)

## More by Aubrey de Grey

> [Ageing is, simply and clearly, the accumulation of damage in the body. That's all that ageing is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/ageing-is-simply-and-clearly-the-accumulation-of-damage-in-the-body/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [I'm the chief science officer of a foundation that works on the application of regenerative medicine to the problem of aging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/i-m-the-chief-science-officer-of-a-foundation-that-works-on-the/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [I think it's reasonable to suppose that one could oscillate between being biologically 20 and biologically 25 indefinitely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/i-think-it-s-reasonable-to-suppose-that-one-could-oscillate-between/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [If changing our world is playing God, it is just one more way in which God made us in His image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/if-changing-our-world-is-playing-god-it-is-just-one-more-way-in-which/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [Celebrating the future is about celebrating a better world: a world in which everyone's life is easier and their health is maintained longer. It’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/celebrating-the-future-is-about-celebrating-a-better-world-a-world-in/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [Basically, the body does have a vast amount of inbuilt anti-ageing machinery; it's just not 100% comprehensive, so it allows a small number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/basically-the-body-does-have-a-vast-amount-of-inbuilt-anti-ageing/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [In the eye, there is a type of junk that accumulates in the back of the retina that eventually causes us to go blind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/in-the-eye-there-is-a-type-of-junk-that-accumulates-in-the-back-of/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of life, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/the-aim-is-to-postpone-frailty-postpone-degenerative-disease/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/what-i-actually-wanted-to-do-with-my-life-is-make-a-difference-to-the/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [What I'm after is not living to 1,000. I'm after letting people avoid death for as long as they want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/what-i-m-after-is-not-living-to-1-000-i-m-after-letting-people-avoid/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [Wikipedia was a big help for science, especially science communication, and it shows no sign of diminishing in importance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/wikipedia-was-a-big-help-for-science-especially-science-communication/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [There's nothing wrong with making the best of one's declining years, but what does annoy me is the fatalism. Now that we're seriously in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-making-the-best-of-one-s-declining-years/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [Most scientists will get serious media exposure about twice in their entire career. And they'll get that because they've actually done an experiment that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/most-scientists-will-get-serious-media-exposure-about-twice-in-their/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [We've spent the last few millennia aware that senescence is horrible but knowing nevertheless that it's inevitable. We've had to find some mechanism to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/we-ve-spent-the-last-few-millennia-aware-that-senescence-is-horrible/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

> [The only difference between my work and the work of the whole medical profession is that I think we're in striking distance of keeping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aubrey-de-grey/the-only-difference-between-my-work-and-the-work-of-the-whole-medical/)

[Aubrey de Grey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aubrey-de-grey/)

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