Maureen O'Hara Quotes

If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently.

We'll probably live 20 more years than our grandparents did. The question is, what are you going to do with those extra 20 years?

I need to live a long time to fulfil all the things I want to do.

I haven't got ambitions. Actually, I'm determined not to die until I get very old. I want to be a great-great-great-grandmother.

I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do.

People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long.

I think we all want to know that if our lives don't turn out the way we imagine, there's still a purpose.

I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, 'where do I want to be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years?' We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. It's a real shame if we don't spend our lives trying to do that.

I thought I'd live to a ripe old age, because I always felt there was a lot to do. I had a driven feeling. I always thought in the present.

I do think there's a lot more we can do on the life agenda.

I wanted to be a lot of things in my life.

In my family, we don't die till we're 100 years old.

I hope to live to 100. There is so much to do.

The questions I'm asking myself are, 'What makes me happy? Where do I want to be? What will make me happy at 50, 60 and 70?'

Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.

I was talking to Rupert Murdoch the other day at a lunch, and he said, 'Maybe I'll live to 100'. He actually thinks he will live to 100!

He who must expend his life to prolong life cannot enjoy it, and he who is still seeking for his life does not have it and can as little enjoy it.

I plan to live to be 120!

And I don't know where I'm heading. I mean, I've got a pretty good idea of what I want in life.

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.

I never thought I would live this long.

I had a project for my life which involved 10 years of wandering, then some years of medical studies and, if any time was left, the great adventure of physics.

One of the most important things that I want for my kids is I want them to live. You know, I want them to live to see 21 and beyond.

I hope to be working and eating dessert at 93 just like my grandma.