“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
As quoted in Eleanor : The Years Alone (1972) by Joseph P. Lash
Bk. V, ch. 1
War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
Context: You will die — and it will all be over. You will die and find out everything — or cease asking.
“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
As quoted in Eleanor : The Years Alone (1972) by Joseph P. Lash
John F. Kerry (1943) politician from the United States
Testimony before subcommittees of the U.S. Senate, April, 1971
“When you think that you lost everything you find out you can always lose a little more.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
“There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says "yes" you know he is a crook.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Act V
1910s, The Doctor's Dilemma (1911)
Source: The Doctor's Dilemma: A Tragedy
“Here is all I ask of a book- give me everything. Everything, and don't leave out a single word.”
Pat Conroy (1945–2016) American novelist
Source: My Reading Life