The common denominator in life is that in a thousand years, none of us is going to be here. Even if I were the fastest guy in the world, in a thousand years the result would be the same. I’d be dead and buried, and no one would remember or care.

It’s creepy because it reminds you that sooner or later you’re going to die, that whatever you’re good at now won’t matter because you’ll be dead and gone and no one will care.

That’s what it means to be a man. You do what you think is right, regardless of who it hurts, and whether it works out, because in the end you have to live with yourself.

That's what it means to be a man. You do what you think is right, regardless of who it hurts, and whether it works out, because in the end you have to live with yourself.

It's creepy because it reminds you that sooner or later you're going to die, that whatever you're good at now won't matter because you'll be dead and gone and no one will care.

What a teensy-weensy thing 'now' is, and what a gigantic thing 'never' is.

The common denominator in life is that in a thousand years, none of us is going to be here. Even if I were the fastest guy in the world, in a thousand years the result would be the same. I'd be dead and buried, and no one would remember or care.