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Immortality Quotes

The search for something that lasts.

These immortality quotes explore how people and cultures have sought lasting legacy, from religious assurance to figures who achieved a kind of Arts-driven immortality.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Quotes by Stephen King

The first requisite for immortality is death.

Quotes by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Physical immortality is seductive. The ancient Hindus sought it; the Greek physician Galen from the 2nd Century A.D. and the Arabic philosopher/physician Avicenna from the 11th Century A.D. believed in it.

Quotes by S. Jay Olshansky

A book is the only immortality.

Quotes by Rufus Choate

Always Quotes

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

Quotes by Peter Ustinov

There have been many great newspapermen, but to my mind, only two have achieved immortality: Pulitzer for his endowment and William Randolph Hearst for his castle.

Quotes by Nell Scovell

Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality.

Quotes by Mortimer Adler

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

Quotes by Mel Brooks

Immortality... Is that a super power?

Quotes by Mark Wahlberg

Approach Quotes

I would like immortality.

Quotes by Len Wein

Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality.

Quotes by Kenneth Scott Latourette

The early Bob Dylan was compulsively drawn to the conflict between stability and the search for immortality.

Quotes by Jon Landau

He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.

John Keats

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.

Quotes by John Kenneth Galbraith

Arts Quotes

Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.

Quotes by Joan D. Vinge

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

Quotes by James Thurber

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

Quotes by James F. Byrnes

If there were no immortality there would be no need for temples. There would be no need for eternal marriage if there were no eternity.

Quotes by Gordon B. Hinckley

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.

Quotes by George Wald

Assured Quotes

Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them.

Quotes by Francis I

Frequently Asked Questions

What different paths to immortality appear in these quotes?
They include religious faith offering assurance of an afterlife, artistic and journalistic achievement, and love's own wish to endure forever.
Is immortality connected to love in these quotes?
Yes, one quote states that love wishes to perpetuate itself and wishes for immortality, framing lasting love as its own kind of legacy.
Do the quotes mention historical figures who achieved immortality?
Yes, one names two newspapermen who achieved immortality, one through an endowment and the other through a lasting personal legacy.
How is immortality tied to religious belief in these quotes?
One quote describes an ancient empire's pluralistic religious search for a faith that felt intellectually satisfying and offered assurance of immortality.
Is immortality linked to any specific musician in these quotes?
Yes, one references an early period of Bob Dylan's career as drawn to the tension between stability and the search for immortality. See related Arts for more.

A few lines connect immortality to love's wish to endure, a theme worth pairing with Always and Approach quotes.