Curtis Sliwa Quotes

I've got one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel.

And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.

A bunch of people are gonna be mad at me, I’ve got some kind of medical issue that’s going to kill me in a while if I don’t deal with it, oh, and the island’s blowing up tomorrow and taking a whole lot of the country with it if I don’t fix it.” Thomas gave me a steady look. “So,” he said. “Same old, same old.

Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all.

I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on the back of my neck these days. And there are certain things I want to do before my time is up.

I feel like I don't have a lot of time left.

I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time.

I never quite understood these actors - though I envy them sometimes - who can lie out for a year or two. I feel as though time is a real pressing issue, and I want to get as much work done in the time that I have left.

I looked Death right in the face.

The sun's going down and we can't afford to come back to it tomorrow.

I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.

Our time is short and history is watching.

I think so much in time. I always have. Even at 20, I thought in terms of time, that I don't have a lot of time left. And I want to do so many things.

The older I get, as well, bloody hell - time's running out. I just feel, jeez, there's so much to do. I'm not going to try to change the planet but make changes just in a small way.

I looked death in the eye - and it was a terrible experience.

I thought I was going to die when I was 39.

I absolutely hate getting older and it's not because of the way it makes you look. It's because I have this sense of so much still left to do and to see. It's my fear of missing out on the future that really gets to me.

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

How many times can a man go down and still be alive?

I'm putting my life at risk, literally! And if I slipped... You never know. And I think about it. I think about my family and I'm like, wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.

Well, it's practically over, thank God - I'm 83, there won't be that much more of it to put up with I don't think!

Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.

Our life capital is measured in seconds. Once those seconds are gone, we never get them back!