#immortality

It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#on-writing #idea

Dying is the fastest route to fame for an aspiring rock star. The dead man’s melodies become profound, acquiring deep mystery and rising into a realm beyond the reach of human criticism. In the stopping of a heartbeat, the rocker is transformed from decadent, depraved hedonist into misunderstood genius. Aye, death and musical stardom go together like Scotland and rain. ↗

— Mark Rice

#fame #immortality #mark-rice #metallic-dreams #music

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#immortality #leap #milk #towards

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#first #i #immortality #long #long shot

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#immortality #man #material #nothing #reached

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#carriage #could #death #held #i

I argue thee that love is life. And life hath immortality. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#hath #i #immortality #life #love

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#behind #believe #concern #consider #ethics

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#desirable #guess #i #images #immortality

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

— Herb Caen

#go #immortality #only #tends #the only thing