“Super longevity is not the same as immortality. Sometimes one has to sacrifice super longevity in order to achieve immortality.”
The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019
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Newton Lee236
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“Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Sag etwas, das sich von selbst versteht, zum ersten Mal und du bist unsterblich.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 19.
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
Mysticism of Science (1939)
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
The joke about immortality also appears in On Being Funny (1975)
In an interview in Rolling Stone magazine from April 9, 1987, Allen said "Someone once asked me if my dream was to live on in the hearts of people, and I said I would prefer to live on in my apartment."
Source: The Illustrated Woody Allen Reader (1993)
George Sarton (1884–1956) American historian of science
Preface.
A History of Science Vol.1 Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece (1952)
“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician