Quote of the Day (Mel Brooks, on How to Live Longer)

“In order to stay alive, work. Keep working no matter what if you can, at something you love to do. Never ever retire. Never sit when you can stand, never stand when you can walk.” [Pause.] “But don't leave out the Raisin Bran — that may help.”—Writer-director-actor Mel Brooks, 91, on the secret to longevity, quoted in Henry Mance, “Back in the Saddle,” Financial Times, Feb. 17-18, 2018

Quote of the Day (A Centenarian’s Surprising Secret of Longevity)

"Three cans of Miller High Life a day and a shot of good booze at 5 p.m."—Agnes Fenton, of Englewood, N.J., 105 years old tomorrow, describing her daily ritual since 1943, quoted in Giovanna Fabiano, “Turning 105, Englewood Woman Credits Luck and Liquor," The Record (Bergen County, N.J.), July 31, 2010