Condition Quote by Drew Gilpin Faust Download Open image “Mortality defines the human condition.” — Drew Gilpin Faust ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Condition Death Defines Human Human condition Mortality Nature of man
We only really, deeply consider what our life is when we're faced with mortality on some level. — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life. — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
It is the abiding faith of mortals that mortality is a temporary condition. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I've always been aware of mortality because I've always had ill health most of my life. — John Tavener Copy Share Image
Mortality is but a stepping-stone to a more glorious existence in the future. — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't endorse the notion of mortality. It's fine for other folk, but I disapprove of the concept for me and my loved… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
Humans aren't defined by death, and they're not defined by what they lack. They're defined by their connections. — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
One of the major jobs of the Harvard president is to choose the deans. I've had the opportunity to choose a considerable number of… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I'd say Harvard graduates leave here with a sense of the possible and the limit - and a sense that there are no limits… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
Since the middle of the twentieth century, our understanding of the American past has been revolutionized, in no small part because of our altered… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
“As the Reverend Robert Barnwell emphasized in an address to the ladies of Charleston, "WITHOUT YOU, THIS WAR COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CARRIED ON,… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I think that the firepower of the Civil War, the numbers of bodies that were left to rot, the numbers of amputations in the… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I have always loved animals, and as a child, I read a lot of horse books. I had a particular favorite called 'Silver Snaffles'… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
A leader has to keep saying the same things over and over again. — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I've always done more than I ever thought I would. Becoming a professor - I never would have imagined that. Writing books - I… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
A university is not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
Before the Civil War, there were no national cemeteries, no processes for identifying the dead in the battle. There weren't any dog tags, and… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
The ability to recognize opportunities and move in new - and sometimes unexpected - directions will benefit you no matter your interests or aspirations. — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
That is the real problem of depression - a condition which will affect an estimated one in five of the population at some point… — Giles Andreae Copy Share Image
Even a cup of coffee tastes so much sweeter because you've come once again out of the, literally, out of the edge of death,… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
I see film as a real opportunity to examine the human condition. No matter where the technology goes in the future, the basics don't… — Michael Schultz Copy Share Image
I am repeatedly asked in interviews exactly 'what's wrong' with me, and I always give them the same answer; I don't identify the name… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They… — Mathias Rust Copy Share Image
No matter what schemes you have, if you're not in condition to run, you can't succeed. — Spencer Paysinger Copy Share Image
In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan… — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
Motorsport gave me a purpose. It gave me a reason to overcome my condition. — Nicolas Hamilton Copy Share Image
The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
While some get tired out of laughing, some others cant find time even to mourn (over their sorrows). — Mak_786 Copy Share Image