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Thread #72381   Message #1248650
Posted By: robomatic
16-Aug-04 - 10:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Religion
Subject: RE: Quotes on Immortality
Deathless, and appropriately logged in, I amend the previous quote with the actual quote and proper attribution:

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky

and some other quotes:

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
Anatole France (1844 - 1924)


The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.
Herb Caen


If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - )


Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)


Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.
Pindar (522 BC - 443 BC), 518-438 B.C.



Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Journal (May 1849)


The first condition of immortality is death.
Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"



I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
Woody Allen (1935 - )