Dan Buettner Quotes

How long you live is less important than how healthy you are along the way.

We are living longer, and we need to live better.

We are keeping healthier and living longer and I am a good example of someone who is in the Age Concern bracket but is still working and keeping active.

Laughter made you live better and longer.

I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s.

People who are lonely and depressed are three to 10 times more likely to get sick and die prematurely than those who have a strong sense of love and community. I don't know any other single factor that affects our health - for better and for worse - to such a strong degree.

Nothing matters more than your health. Healthy living is priceless. What millionaire wouldn't pay dearly for an extra 10 or 20 years of healthy aging?

The secret to longevity, as I see it, has less to do with diet, or even exercise, and more to do with the environment in which a person lives: social and physical. What do I mean by this? They live rewardingly inconvenient lives.

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.

If you want to live a hundred years, how do you want to live your life? At the age of 100, you should go shopping with your great-grandchildren, but not in a wheelchair.

My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.

There's a whole group of people who are 100-plus and have no disease. Why?

The good news is that even minimal activity can significantly extend life.

At my age, my greatest satisfaction is being able to maintain good health.

It isn't so bad getting old. It really isn't. As long as I can stay healthy.

When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it's easier to make different choices. Instead of viewing the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival.

Healthcare providers have helped me see that decent, safe housing can promote physical and mental wellness; and engaged citizens have shown me the civic potential of stable, vibrant blocks where neighbours know one another by name.

The key to longevity is to interact with other people.

People assume that they will retire at 60 and die when they are 70. If you can think positive, live a healthy life, listen to your body and follow a regime, then you can live for 100 years, healthy and happy.

It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected.

Live to 97 and you can do anything.

I just want to live a long healthy life, and I don't want to have any neurological diseases or die younger than I would otherwise.

The hell with the aging process. It happens to everyone - you just keep your mind active, you keep physically active.

People who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife, their brain functioning declines sooner, and they live shorter lives than people who are not lonely.