#prolong

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#chance #dies #every #existing #itself

I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolong these sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#ends #endured #evil #i #i believe

I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead? ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#asked #been #carried #commission #could

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell. ↗

— Louise Bogan

#cannot #childhood #hell #prolonged #remain

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. ↗

— Jack London

#exist #function #i #live #man

Prolonged, indiscriminate reviewing of books is a quite exceptionally thankless, irritating and exhausting job. It not only involves praising trash but constantly inventing reactions towards books about which one has no spontaneous feeling whatever. ↗

— George Orwell

#books #constantly #exceptionally #exhausting #feeling

If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#cancer #cured #declared #had #i

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#instance #nation #prolonged #warfare

Hope sustains life, but misplaced hope prolongs recessions. ↗

— James Grant

#life #misplaced #prolongs #recessions #sustains

Prolonged endurance tames the bold. ↗

— Lord Byron

#endurance #prolonged