{"quotes":[{"text":"I wouldn't want [the people of Baleyworld] to live that long as a general thing. The pace of historical and intellectual advance would then become too slow. Those at the top would stay in power too long. Baleyworld would sink into conversation and decay - as your world has done.","author":"Isaac Asimov","tags":["complacency","death","decadence","immortality","longevity","progress"],"id":32061,"author_id":"Isaac+Asimov"},{"text":"The death of marriage has been announced so often and would seem so normal, in a sense. So what's surprising is the sheer longevity and tenacity of this institution.","author":"Alain de Botton","tags":["death","longevity","sense "],"id":36963,"author_id":"Alain+de+Botton"},{"text":"Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas.","author":"Dan Harmon","tags":["community","descent","ego","health","ideas","individual","journey","journeying","journeys","longevity","return","society","unconscious","unknown"],"id":47273,"author_id":"Dan+Harmon"},{"text":"I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti.","author":"Mario Batali","tags":["eyes","longevity","like "],"id":49764,"author_id":"Mario+Batali"},{"text":"There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their worthless lives. The spiritual would not avoid the call to something higher. It would be the survival of the least fit. What sort of cesspool may not our poor world become?","author":"Arthur Conan Doyle","tags":["humanity","longevity","morality","philosophy"],"id":73109,"author_id":"Arthur+Conan+Doyle"},{"text":"The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.","author":"Norman Rockwell","tags":["adventure","longevity","new","painting","secret"],"id":92479,"author_id":"Norman+Rockwell"},{"text":"Your enemies are not to be destroyed, grant them longevity to witness your success.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["adversary","avoid","cool","destroy","destruction","enemies","enemy","grant","haters","kill","killing","leave-them-alone","longevity","repentance","spare","success","witness"],"id":105605,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"The power of positive thinking is vital for maintaining happiness, goodhealth and longevity.","author":"Eraldo Banovac","tags":["good-health","hapiness","longevity","thinking"],"id":155750,"author_id":"Eraldo+Banovac"},{"text":"Your true power is not in your difference, but in your consistency of being different. The world will always adjust to consistency, yet struggle with change.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["artistic-expression","artists","authentic","authentic-self","authenticity","blending","brand","branding","change","consistency","consistent","control","different","future","innovation","inspiration","longevity","nature","niche","power","projection","relationships-101","source","standing-out","stayingpositiveu-com","the-real-you","true-nature","unique","writers"],"id":169443,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Whatever condition we are in, we must always do what we want to do, and if we want to go on a journey, then we must do so and not worry about our condition, even if it's the worst possible condition, because, if it is, we're finished anyway, whether we go on the journey or not, and it's better to die having made the journey we're been longing for than to be stifled by our longing.","author":"Thomas Bernhard","tags":["aspirations","carefree","illness","longevity","mortality"],"id":184788,"author_id":"Thomas+Bernhard"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":31,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}