Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate mortals.
Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.
I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.
Sacrifice is truly the crowning test of the gospel. Men are tried and tested in this mortal probation to see if they will put first in their lives the kingdom of God.
A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one.
That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.
Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!
Thanks to the restored gospel, we know our spirits lived before we were born into this mortal existence.
Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.
If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.
The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.
A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal.
I want to hear as much music as I possibly can before I leave this mortal coil but it's impossible to hear it all because there's so much of it.
The one thing about 'Beautiful Creatures,' 'The Host' and 'The Mortal Instruments,' which are all well-made movies, is that they were all infected with a dreadful sincerity.
All the mortal world is a lethal enemy during those hours between dawn and dusk.
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
everyone has their folding-point, Miles. Their mortal vulnerability. Some just keep it in a nonstandard location.
