--- title: "12 People Quotes By S. Jay Olshansky" description: "12 People quotes by S. Jay Olshansky. Plus more from S. Jay Olshansky and more People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/s-jay-olshansky-11747_back_people-pushing-the-idea-that-everyone-ca_225986.jpg" --- > [People pushing the idea that everyone can live to be 100 are perpetuating a myth that goes all the way back to…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/s-jay-olshansky-11747_back_people-pushing-the-idea-that-everyone-ca_225986.jpg) > [Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/older-people-may-have-always-existed-throughout-history-but-they-were/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/s-jay-olshansky-11747_always_older-people-may-have-always-existed-thr_2903186.jpg) > [We know in the field of aging that some people tend to senesce, or grow older, more rapidly than others, and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/we-know-in-the-field-of-aging-that-some-people-tend-to-senesce-or/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/s-jay-olshansky-11747_aging_we-know-in-the-field-of-aging-that-some_1973056.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/s-jay-olshansky-11747_calories_a-lifetime-of-low-calories-has-come-natu_19241.jpg) > [Just because someone looks old doesn't mean he or she is. The skin of some people who spend a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/just-because-someone-looks-old-doesn-t-mean-he-or-she-is-the-skin-of/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/s-jay-olshansky-11747_age_just-because-someone-looks-old-doesn-t-m_3063510.jpg) > [The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/the-last-thing-you-ever-want-to-do-is-extend-the-period-of-frailty/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/s-jay-olshansky-11747_aging_the-last-thing-you-ever-want-to-do-is-ex_1140212.jpg) > [When you hit your 40s, you begin to take notice of the effects of aging because people that you know begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/when-you-hit-your-40s-you-begin-to-take-notice-of-the-effects-of/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/s-jay-olshansky-11747_aging_when-you-hit-your-40s-you-begin-to-take_602954.jpg) > [A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/a-lot-of-people-are-living-in-a-dream-world-they-want-to-deny-that-2/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/s-jay-olshansky-11747_aging_a-lot-of-people-are-living-in-a-dream-wo_3132688.jpg) > [Our concepts of aging really should be blurring because there are plenty of people who make it to older ages who aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/our-concepts-of-aging-really-should-be-blurring-because-there-are/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/s-jay-olshansky-11747_ages_our-concepts-of-aging-really-should-be-b_2898926.jpg) > [Researchers have been looking for biomarkers of age for a long time and have failed. People sell tests out there to measure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/researchers-have-been-looking-for-biomarkers-of-age-for-a-long-time/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/s-jay-olshansky-11747_age_researchers-have-been-looking-for-biomar_2600725.jpg) > [A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesnt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jay-olshansky/a-lot-of-people-are-living-in-a-dream-world-they-want-to-deny-that/) [S. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/s-jay-olshansky-11747_aging_a-lot-of-people-are-living-in-a-dream-wo_1454264.jpg) ## Other authors on People - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 856 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 843 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 724 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 624 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 488 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 367 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. 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Maxwell 249 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 244 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 223 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/bill-gates/) ## More by S. 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. Jay Olshansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jay-olshansky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/s-jay-olshansky/#itemlist", "name": "12 People Quotes By S. 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