--- title: "12 Life Quotes By S. Jay Olshansky" description: "12 Life quotes by S. Jay Olshansky. Plus more from S. Jay Olshansky and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/s-jay-olshansky-11747_adopting_i-m-not-sure-the-least-educated-members_223733.jpg" --- > [I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/i-m-not-sure-the-least-educated-members-of-the-population-are-missing/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/s-jay-olshansky-11747_adopting_i-m-not-sure-the-least-educated-members_223733.jpg) > [Humans will die like all living things do, but we have the added burden of knowing that we will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/humans-will-die-like-all-living-things-do-but-we-have-the-added/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/s-jay-olshansky-11747_added_humans-will-die-like-all-living-things-d_2546467.jpg) > [I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/i-have-little-doubt-that-gerontologists-will-eventually-find-a-way-to/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/s-jay-olshansky-11747_avoid_i-have-little-doubt-that-gerontologists_236504.jpg) > [We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/we-re-not-trying-to-make-us-live-forever-we-re-not-trying-to-even/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/s-jay-olshansky-11747_even_we-re-not-trying-to-make-us-live-forever_294683.jpg) > [As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/as-long-as-humans-have-existed-we-have-always-desired-to-live-longer/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/633/s-jay-olshansky-11747_always_as-long-as-humans-have-existed-we-have-a_474457.jpg) > [The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/the-only-control-we-have-over-the-duration-of-our-life-is-to-shorten/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/s-jay-olshansky-11747_control_the-only-control-we-have-over-the-durati_1043130.jpg) > [In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/in-centenarians-and-supercentenarians-people-over-110-you-see-a/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/s-jay-olshansky-11747_higher_in-centenarians-and-supercentenarians-pe_1177428.jpg) > [Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/reducing-caloric-intake-is-the-only-proven-method-of-extending-life/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/s-jay-olshansky-11747_below_reducing-caloric-intake-is-the-only-prov_209356.jpg) > [The real problem is that there's a tendency to associate ageing with loss and decline and things that aren't desirable. But experiencing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/the-real-problem-is-that-there-s-a-tendency-to-associate-ageing-with/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/s-jay-olshansky-11747_about_the-real-problem-is-that-there-s-a-tende_1504649.jpg) > [What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/what-we-know-for-sure-from-our-work-and-from-others-is-that-mice-have/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/s-jay-olshansky-11747_aging_what-we-know-for-sure-from-our-work-and_51375.jpg) > [The Faustian trade of the 20th century was, we got 30 years of additional life, but in return we got heart disease,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/the-faustian-trade-of-the-20th-century-was-we-got-30-years-of/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/s-jay-olshansky-11747_20th-century_the-faustian-trade-of-the-20th-century-w_462397.jpg) > [While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old age cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/while-eliminating-smallpox-and-curtailing-cholera-added-decades-of/) [S. 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Jay Olshansky > [A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/a-lifetime-of-low-calories-has-come-naturally-to-the-longest-lived/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/what-we-know-for-sure-from-our-work-and-from-others-is-that-mice-have/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [The modern rise of Alzheimer's Disease in the twentieth century is not a sign of failure. It's a sign of success. Success in living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/the-modern-rise-of-alzheimer-s-disease-in-the-twentieth-century-is/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [As soon as a handful of scientists come up with an intervention shown to influence aging in other species, they begin selling it as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/as-soon-as-a-handful-of-scientists-come-up-with-an-intervention-shown/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/reducing-caloric-intake-is-the-only-proven-method-of-extending-life/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [I'm not sure the least educated members of the population are missing out on the advances in medical technology as much as they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/i-m-not-sure-the-least-educated-members-of-the-population-are-missing/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [Ageing is very rare. We only see it in humans and laboratory animals and in zoo animals and in our pets. Basically, organisms that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/ageing-is-very-rare-we-only-see-it-in-humans-and-laboratory-animals/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [People pushing the idea that everyone can live to be 100 are perpetuating a myth that goes all the way back to the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/people-pushing-the-idea-that-everyone-can-live-to-be-100-are/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the unpleasantries of extended life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/i-have-little-doubt-that-gerontologists-will-eventually-find-a-way-to/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/lifespan-extension-has-never-really-been-a-goal-of-aging-science-nor/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [We're not trying to make us live forever; we're not trying to even make us live significantly longer. What we're trying to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/we-re-not-trying-to-make-us-live-forever-we-re-not-trying-to-even/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/death-is-a-zero-sum-game-for-which-there-is-no-cure/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [The Faustian trade of the 20th century was, we got 30 years of additional life, but in return we got heart disease, cancer, stroke,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/the-faustian-trade-of-the-20th-century-was-we-got-30-years-of/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/as-long-as-humans-have-existed-we-have-always-desired-to-live-longer/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) > [Do we really want to continue to push out the envelope of survival only to see other things crop up that we may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/do-we-really-want-to-continue-to-push-out-the-envelope-of-survival/) [S. 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