The West has always been the epicenter of possibility. One of the ways we forge against mortality is to head west. It`s to do with catching the sun before it slips behind the horizon. We all keep moving toward the sun, wishing to get the last ray of hope before it sets.
- Daniel Day-LewisIf you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it`ll spread over into the rest of your life. It`ll spread over into your work, into your mortality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you.
- Bruce LeeTurning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn`t as hunky-dory like it was.
- Darren AronofskyI would be so happy if I didn`t smoke, for a lot of reasons. I can`t believe that I can`t break the habit. I don`t want to be lying around, dying in Cedar`s Sinai Hospital and thinking that I was as stupid enough, a man who is as petrified of dying as I am, to have done it to myself. I`m a real fraidy-cat about mortality.
- Jack NicholsonIn the Sixties you did not know you were going to get older. But you do and you are. People become much dearer. When I see someone like Warren, with his four kids, there is that wonderful recognition of the life we have led. And a terrific sense of mortality, which is like a blessing almost: you suddenly realize what life is about.
- Julie ChristieThe whole experience of getting close to mortality changed my perspective on work. I wasn`t enjoying acting before: I felt like I wasn`t in charge of my career. I wasn`t doing things that made me feel good. I was really bitter, I thought I deserved more, and I wasn`t grateful for all the great shit that had happened to me. If you`re not grateful, then it`s very easy to be an asshole. After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I`ve always loved it, I may never get a chance to do it again.
- Mark RuffaloIf there`s a problem, you can easily reverse (lap-band) by removing the band. It`s the safest weight-loss procedure available, with a (national) mortality rate of 1 in 2,000, compared to 1 in 200 for gastric bypass.
- Robert Ri'chardWhat I`m exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality. It`s an area that I`m curious about, and I`m researching it to see if there`s a photographic essay in it for me. If images don`t start to come, I`ll go to something else.
- Leonard NimoyI don`t take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It`s made me wonder about mortality and how long you`ve got somebody in the world. I`m more fearful than I used to be.
- Robin GibbThe infant mortality rate is shameful, ... If you didn`t know better, you`d think it`s a statistic for a Third World country.
- Jay WilliamsThe report clearly disproves the common misconception that women are the only sufferers of fertility issues. With the next generation facing increasing pressure as a result of declining fertility and mortality rates, it`s only fair that men accept their responsibility and change their lifestyles now before it`s too late.
- Doug WrightThe music is sort of a veil. It`s melodic and up and fast, and you could lose yourself in it in a happy way, but the songs are about mortality and doing things you wish you hadn`t done. Life is pretty fucking good for me, but I still think like it`s all going to go away. It tempers everything I look at.
- David RichardsonIf you fail to initiate the appropriate steps within the first hour or two, patients very rapidly become comatose and the mortality increases significantly.
- David FrancisDon`t fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.
- Paul TsongasWe`ve taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We`ve scored some victories in the sense that we`ve cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible.
- Paul FarmerYesterday in this country we had people die of hunger and malnutrition. In some parts of this country, the infant mortality rate rivals that of sub-Saharan Africa. We have a public education system that ranks below that of almost any other Western nation.
- Aiko UemuraDelusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
- Alaida LaresI have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer.
- Alice LincolnSexuality itself means mortality - equally for both man and woman.
- Allison SharpStudies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals.
- Alon TalPeople of color fare worse than their counterparts on a number of health issues - such as infant mortality, asthma, and diabetes.
- Andrew CombeIn reality, we are all travelers - even explorers of mortality.
- Andrew DiPasqualeLastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same laws of mortality, and liable to the same ailments and afflictions with his fellows.
- Andrew DuffThe mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
- Andrew MitchellThere are different mortality rates for males and females, so females get a higher sum assured.
- Ann Kraft(The uncommonly high mortality rate makes the) bird flu ... their illness seems to progress rapidly into critical conditions.
- Anne Fagan NivenIn a significant number of cases in which the police taser somebody, they would have used a gun if they did not have the taser, ... Do you know what the mortality rate is when a police officer shoots? Close to 100 percent.
- Anthony GaryOnce you`ve faced your own mortality and sat in the doctor`s office and heard survival rates, you realize, that applies to me, ... You realize every day is a gift, every day is a blessing.
- Barbara Coombs Lee