"Lifespan extension has never really been a goal……" — S. Jay Olshansky

"Lifespan extension has never really been a goal of aging science, nor should it."

— S. Jay Olshansky

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36 Quotes by S. Jay Olshansky

S. Jay Olshansky has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Find a way to get a full-body massage every day.
In the developed world, we live 30 years longer, on average, than our ancestors born a century ago, but the…
Growing new limbs, copying internal organs like a Xerox machine, exponential increases in computing power, better eyes and ears -…
The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy…
We have grown accustomed to the wonders of clean water, indoor plumbing, laser surgery, genetic engineering, artificial joints, replacement body…
Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.
While eliminating smallpox and curtailing cholera added decades of life to vast populations, cures for the chronic diseases of old…
Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
We know in the field of aging that some people tend to senesce, or grow older, more rapidly than others,…
The fact is that nothing in gerontology even comes close to fulfilling the promise of dramatically extended lifespan, in spite…
Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the…
People pushing the idea that everyone can live to be 100 are perpetuating a myth that goes all the way…

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More Aging Quotes

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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