Quotes about cancer
cancer health science
Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur. Michael J. Fox
cancer guy trying
Hell, we spent $200 Billion to get a scared guy who needed a shave out of a fox-hole! And he may even die of prostate cancer before we even get a chance to try him, dammit! Ted Turner
cancer people insane
It's insane, the internet. Totally craziness. Like a little cancer. People can just do whatever they want, say whatever they want, be totally anonymous. It's totally out of control. Terry Richardson
cancer people
I'm one of those people that will say, 'My cancer was a gift.' Melissa Etheridge
cancer hell chemotherapy
It's the closest to death I have ever been. The chemotherapy takes you as far down into hell as you've ever, ever been. Melissa Etheridge
cancer opportunity survival
Cancer Is an opportunity to sit down and look into yourself and find the answers. Yes, it's serious, but it's not the end-all. Melissa Etheridge
cancer hey excuse
Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser. Melissa Etheridge
cancer stress believe
I have that gene mutation too and it’s not something I would believe in for myself. I wouldn’t call it the brave choice. I actually think it’s the most fearful choice you can make when confronting anything with cancer. My belief is that cancer comes from inside you and so much of it has to do with the environment of your body. It’s the stress that will turn that gene on or not. Melissa Etheridge
cancer stress body
My belief is that cancer comes from inside you and so much of it has to do with the environment of your body. It's the stress that will turn that gene on or not. Melissa Etheridge
cancer grateful people
I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to. Melissa Etheridge
cancer balance wake-up
I can look at cancer as a disease that picks me out and 'why me,' or I can look at it through love and say, 'This is a wake-up call. This is my body telling me: 'Hey, you're out of balance here. It's time to get in line with yourself.' Melissa Etheridge
cancer breast-cancer breasts
Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore. Melissa Etheridge
cancer fighting
I just feel like I'm out there fighting for them. I just would like for (cancer) to go away.
cancer damaged events including realize seriously
I realize that the events of 2001 have seriously damaged our credibility with many of our constituents, including cancer patients, oncologists, and you, our investors.
cancer cause cigarettes lung simple
Cigarettes cause lung cancer. It's as simple as that.
cancer courage disease face gave home hope night tomorrow tonight
Being able to do this gave me my hope and courage to face this disease I had to face every night when I went home and that's really why I'm here tonight ? is that hope. I had the hope that tomorrow would be a better day and, hopefully, a day without cancer and that's the same hope that we're all here for tonight. Brian Green
cancer drive radiation
I had to drive myself, and radiation makes you very tired. This is a Godsend for cancer treatments.
cancer examination hearing
Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said - "I guess it's my turn." Nancy Reagan
cancer believe heart
I believe deeply in a common humanity. The black man belongs to the family of man. One part of that family is out of control - like a virus or cancer - and that is the white man. He and his technological society are bent on destroying the world. Everywhere the white man has gone with his empire, he has destroyed people, races, societies, cultures, and in the course of it, has sterilized himself. He is completely the mechanical man: without heart, without soul. He is the Tin Man of The Wizard of Oz. But I don't believe that all the white people in the world are no good. Margaret Walker
cancer grandmother thinking
I think the way we talk about cancer has really evolved. I remember the way my grandmother used to talk about it, like a death sentence, no-one would even mention the word. Laura Linney
cancer views people
People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point. Laura Linney
cancer tv-shows tvs
Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show. Laura Linney
cancer thinking cycling
What matters is ultimately what collectively those people on the street - whether that's the cycling community, the cancer community - it matters what they think. Lance Armstrong
cancer diagnosis fighter
Before my diagnosis [cancer] I was a competitor but not a fierce competitor. When I was diagnosed, that turned me into a fighter. Lance Armstrong
cancer bad-day years
Everything in my life is in perspective. OK, perspective ebbs and flows. I've had bad days, but they weren't in the last years. A bad day is 2 October 1996: 'We've got bad news for you, you've got advanced testicular cancer and you've got a coin's toss chance of survival.' That's a bad day. Lance Armstrong
cancer thinking suffering
So if there is a purpose to the suffering that is cancer, I think it must be this: it's meant to improve us. Lance Armstrong
cancer survival firsts
The question was, which would the chemo kill first: the cancer or me? Lance Armstrong
cancer careers giving
It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not have won the Tour de France if I had not had cancer. It gave me new strength and focus. Lance Armstrong
cancer two victory
Regardless of one victory, two victories, four victories, there's never been a victory by a cancer survivor. That's a fact that hopefully I'll be remembered for. Lance Armstrong
cancer teaching winning
For most of my life I had operated under a simple schematic of winning and losing, but cancer was teaching me a tolerance for ambiguities. Lance Armstrong
cancer heard
I thought I knew what fear was, until I heard the words 'You have cancer'. Lance Armstrong
cancer men talking
People refer to 'the good ol' days', but I don't know what they're talking about. As someone who's battled cancer, if I lived more than 20 years ago, I'd be a dead man Lance Armstrong
cancer helping-others opportunity
I want to finish by saying that I intend to be an avid spokesperson for testicular cancer once I have beaten the disease... I want this to be a positive experience and I want to take this opportunity to help others who might someday suffer from the same circumstance I face today. Lance Armstrong