Disease Quotes - page 11

If it came to a magic genie, I would ask him for two extra wishes. One would be that no one would have to live with the muscular dystrophy disease or any disease. And the second one would be world peace, that we just stop fighting, talk about things, and we could live in harmony once again, like God intended us to do. (Mattie Stepanek)
People do not realize that Alzheimer's is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer's every day. View quote
Melina Kanakaredes
While most Americans have access to the best oral health care in the world, low-income children suffer disproportionately from oral disease. View quote
Michael K. Simpson
Every day we do get closer to a cure. Three out of four children who are diagnosed with cancer will survive the disease, but that is not good enough. The loss of one child to this disease is too much. View quote
Michael McCaul
The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease. View quote
Monica Potter
Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women. View quote
Monica Potter
When the AIDS epidemic broke, because I happened to be a science nerd and knew a lot about viruses and a lot about that virus at the time, I felt a moral obligation to go out and try to stem the fear and get out and explain to people what the disease was and how it worked. View quote
Morgan Fairchild
My daughter, when she was a week old, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. For the past thirteen years, she's had four major heart surgeries. She's a candidate for - and must have - heart replacement surgery in order to have a long life. View quote
Nick Cassavetes
It doesn't matter how old people are. It matters if they love each other and have fun with each other. It has nothing to do with age. To get old is a mental disease. Everything is in the head. View quote
Nina Hagen
I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great. View quote
Olivier Martinez
Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease. (Pat Summitt)
It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden. View quote
Patricia Heaton
Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road. View quote
Peggy Lee
The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity. View quote
Richard Lugar
From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies. View quote
Robert James Graves
I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him. View quote
Robert Jarvik
I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease. View quote
Robert Jarvik
I still have the actor's disease. I always think I'll never get another job. View quote
Roddy McDowall
Discrimination is a disease. View quote
Roger Staubach
The belief is growing on me that the disease is communicated by the bite of the mosquito. ... She always injects a small quantity of fluid with her bite-what if the parasites get into the system in this manner. View quote
Ronald Ross
When you're used to being in the public eye, if you've got a disease, you've got to own up to it. It's about being about it, not running from it. (Randy Jackson)
I have experienced firsthand the tremendous impact breast cancer has on the women who fight it and the loved ones who support them. This is a disease that catches you unaware and, without the right resources, leaves you feeling frightened and alone. View quote
Ricardo Antonio Chavira
For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits and ensure healthier children, families and communities. View quote
Seth Berkley
Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things. View quote
Sherwin B. Nuland
I have been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It's a terminal disease with an average lifespan of two to five years post-diagnosis, and scientists don't know what causes it. ALS prevents your brain from talking to your muscles. As a result, muscles die. As a result, every 90 minutes people die. I am a person. View quote
Steve Gleason