“Do we still have to floss?" Tommy asked. "I mean, what's the point of being immortal if we have to floss?”

— Christopher Moore

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American writer of comic fantasy 1957

Abraham Kaplan (1918–1993) American philosopher

Source: "The Conduct of Inquiry", p. 43.

“We should desire neither the immortality nor the death of any human being, whoever he may be, with whom we have to do.”

Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist

Source: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), Detachment (1947), p. 260

“I have often noticed that being a devoted wife saps the intellect,’ murmured Tommy.”

Agatha Christie book N or M?

N or M? (1941)

“When we look for propaganda, we have the obvious job of asking what messages are being propagated.”

Randal Marlin (1938) Canadian academic

Source: Propaganda & The Ethics Of Persuasion (2002), Chapter Eight, Propaganda, Democracy, And the Internet, p. 302

“What I saw was the hoax: Immortals questioning mortality when they should have asked eternity.”

Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)

"She's Dead?"
Shades of the World (1985)

“We have to be truthful and transparent. If by being transparent we will be punished, then there's nothing we can do about it. We will still continue to be transparent.”

Lim Guan Eng (1960) Finance Minister of Malaysia

Lim Guan Eng (2018) cited in " Economy remains strong, fundamentals solid, says Guan Eng https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2018/05/25/economy-remains-strong-fundamentals-solid-says-guan-eng/" on The Star Online, 25 May 2018

“I deem we have still much to do and will of course strive for stabilizing the situation in the country and continuing reforms. I am confident in success. All we need at this point is public order.”

Serzh Sargsyan (1954) Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia

Government of the Republic of Armenia http://www.gov.am/old/enversion/information_centre_8/official_news_en.php?date=1204747200 (March 7, 2008)

“For a thousand years I have been asking myself, "what will I do now?" And still I need not answer.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

Desde hace mil años me pregunto: ¿qué haré ahora? Y aún no necesito responderme.
Voces (1943)

“So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly?' I asked.
He looked at me as if I were stupid.
'You die, of course. That's what deadly means.”

Douglas Adams book Last Chance to See

Source: Last Chance to See

“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”

Albert Pike (1809–1891) Confederate States Army general and Freemason

"1860. In Lodge of Sorrow at Washington: March 30.", p. 11 
In sentiment this is similar to the expression made much earlier by Giordano Bruno in On the Infinite Universe and Worlds (1584) : "What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own."
Ex Corde Locutiones: Words from the Heart Spoken of His Dead Brethren
Variant: What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

“Do we still have to floss?" Tommy asked. "I mean, what's the point of being immortal if we have to floss?”

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