“If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will ...” — S. Jay Olshansky Quote

“If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.”

“Once DNA acquires the ability to persist forever, the carriers become disposable. Essentially, our bodies are designed to last long enough to reproduce.”

“The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a longer time period. So lifespan extension in and of itself should not be the goal of medicine, nor should it be the goal of public health, nor should it be the goal of aging science.”

“I'm constantly in fear of having a stroke.”

“It was amazing. I had had a stroke and a heart attack but I knew I'd be all right. I think it's because I'm an actress.”

“I had a stroke in 2006. I thought: 'This is it.'”