Desire Quote by Croft M. Pentz

It is notorious that the desire to live increases as life itself shortens.

— Santiago Ramon y Cajal

As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed…

— S. Jay Olshansky

There appears to exist a greater desire to live long than to live well! Measure by man's desires, he cannot live long enough; measure…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

“studies have proven that people live longer when they have an optimistic outlook.”

— David B. Agus

What I've noticed is that people who love what they do, regardless of what that might be, tend to live longer.

— Philip Glass

We are living longer, and we need to live better.

— Donna Shalala

Getting through the day becomes more important than living a long life when you have no one else to live for.

— Dean Ornish

You could say people are living longer because of the decline in religion. Not many people believe in the hereafter, so they keep going.

— Cyril Clarke

“We are quantity-obsessed: Instead of living for 30 pleasant years (and then calling it a life), most people would rather live for 80 unpleasant years.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

— Abraham Lincoln

People spend a lifetime looking for more, when they could have spent a lifetime enjoying what life has offered.

— Anonymous

The unpalatable truth is that many people don't feel it's worth their while to live long and healthily.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer