Prolong Quotes

60 quotes by 59 authors

The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or… — J. G. Ballard
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that… — Christiaan Barnard
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. — Ambrose Bierce
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. — Ian Fleming
For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and… — Alexander Pope
I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or… — Bernard Berenson
The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind. — Mortimer Collins
I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and had so many things at their fingertips and been exposed… — Jennie Garth
The faith I have when I am in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament is so strong that I find it impossible to express what… — Anthony Mary Claret
The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician. — William James Mayo
The alchemists of past centuries tried hard to make the elixir of life: ... Those efforts were in vain; it is not in our power… — Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp
My goal is to achieve a little less injustice in Uruguay, to help the most vulnerable and to leave behind a political way of thinking,… — Jose Mujica
This is a steady, ceaseless process, impossible to contain as long as the economy driven by the endless accumulation of capital. The system may prolong… — Immanuel Wallerstein
I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the… — Valentina Tereshkova
The time will come when we will be obliged to depend upon our own resources; for the time is not far distant when the curtain… — Heber C. Kimball
Half the trouble in the world arises from men trying to anticipate their time and season, and the other half from their trying to prolong… — Arthur Bryant
This is perhaps the best feeling in the world. I love going to sleep at night and wondering what weird and wonderful dreams I'm going… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is… — George Michael
What is the importance of human lives? Is it their continuing alive for so many years like animals in a menagerie? The value of a… — John Cowper Powys
Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever Iâ€™m confronted with a tough challenge,… — Wilma Mankiller

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