--- title: "9 Longer Lives Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Longer Lives quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Longer Lives sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/mary-e-pearson-2812_language_words-have-longer-lives-than-people-2263_2263167.png" --- > [Words have longer lives than people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-e-pearson/words-have-longer-lives-than-people/) [Mary E. Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-e-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/mary-e-pearson-2812_language_words-have-longer-lives-than-people-2263_2263167.png) > [“The memory of my name will last longer than the lives of many men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/the-memory-of-my-name-will-last-longer-than-the-lives-of-many-men/) [Colm Tóibín](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/colm-toibin-3377_longer_the-memory-of-my-name-will-last-longer-t_1175590.png) > [The longer one lives, the more mysterious life seems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-brett-young/the-longer-one-lives-the-more-mysterious-life-seems/) [Francis Brett Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-brett-young/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/francis-brett-young-61034_life_the-longer-one-lives-the-more-mysterious_2963855.jpg) > [“One gets more and more humble the longer one lives, and in the shadow of death many things look different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-strindberg/one-gets-more-and-more-humble-the-longer-one-lives-and-in-the-shadow/) [August Strindberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-strindberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66a/august-strindberg-3638_death_one-gets-more-and-more-humble-the-longer_2301694.png) > [The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-douglas/the-longer-one-lives-the-more-one-realizes-that-nothing-is-a-dish-for/) [Norman Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/norman-douglas-15021_every-day_the-longer-one-lives-the-more-one-realiz_1287187.png) > [One must, I think, be struck more and more the longer one lives, to find how much in our present society a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/one-must-i-think-be-struck-more-and-more-the-longer-one-lives-to-find/) [Matthew Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-arnold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f56/matthew-arnold-1235_depends_one-must-i-think-be-struck-more-and-more_1355278.jpg) > [We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body parts, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/we-have-grown-accustomed-to-the-wonders-of-clean-water-indoor/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/s-jay-olshansky-11747_accompany_we-have-grown-accustomed-to-the-wonders_1666512.jpg) > [We are all living longer lives now, so this extra longevity gives us second, third or fourth chances to succeed at something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-butler-bowdon/we-are-all-living-longer-lives-now-so-this-extra-longevity-gives-us/) [Tom Butler-Bowdon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-butler-bowdon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/tom-butler-bowdon-32015_chance_we-are-all-living-longer-lives-now-so-th_1144550.jpg) > [For me, I look at the faces of my kids and I think about the future that is going to await them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/for-me-i-look-at-the-faces-of-my-kids-and-i-think-about-the-future/) [Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/michelle-obama-518_be-prepared_for-me-i-look-at-the-faces-of-my-kids-an_1060733.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/longer-lives/#itemlist", "name": "Longer Lives Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Words have longer lives than people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mary E. 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