Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
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Judith Sheindlin (1942) American lawyer, judge, television personality, and author
Quotes from Judge Judy cases, Being cocky
“Even if you live to one hundred, you’ll still be dead forever.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Death and the Eternal Forever (2014)
“I am obliged to deal with hundreds of men and to make them live without killing the reader.”
George Sarton (1884–1956) American historian of science
Preface.
A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (1959)
“To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live for a hundred years like a jackal.”
Tipu Sultan (1750–1799) Ruler of the Sultanate of Mysore
As quoted in Encyclopedia of Asian History (1988) Vol. 4, p. 104
Variants:
It is far better to live like a lion for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.
It is far better to live like a tiger for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.
Variant mentioned in Tipu Sultan : A Study in Diplomacy and Confrontation (1982) by B. Sheikh Ali, p. 329
“Never let a day so pass that you will have cause to say, "I will live better to-morrow,"”
Brigham Young (1801–1877) Latter Day Saint movement leader
Journal of Discourses 8:140 (August 5, 1860)
1860s