Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carl Sagan

As agonizing a disease as cancer is, I do not think it can be said that our civilization is threatened by it. ... But a very plausible case can be made that our civilization is fundamentally threatened by the lack of adequate fertility control. Exponential increases of population will dominate any arithmetic increases, even those brought about by heroic technological initiatives, in the availability of food and resources, as Malthus long ago realized.

Bill Vaughan

A cancer is not only a physical disease, it is a state of mind.

Bill Bryson

Think of a single problem confronting the world today. Disease, poverty, global warming... If the problem is going to be solved, it is science that is going to solve it. Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do. If anyone ever cures cancer, it will be a guy with a science degree. Or a woman with a science degree.

Bill Hicks

'Warning: Smoking may cause fetal injury or premature birth.'...Found MY brand! Just don't get the ones that say 'lung cancer.'

The American Cancer Society really stepped up and did their part during this natural disaster.

The American Cancer Society has it right. I do think mammograms save lives.

We have wig care and last December, we were certified by 'Look Good, Feel Better,' part of the American Cancer Society, to teach cancer patients things they can do to look good.

Sam Taylor-Wood

When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.

Pierce Brosnan

I held the generous, strong, beautiful hand of my first wife Cassie as ovarian cancer took her life much too soon.

We have thousands of patients and family members, ... who are dealing with dual devastation, cancer and the hurricane.

E. B. White

We have the opportunity here to support important causes and cancer touches so many people in the community.

We have a growing number of breast-cancer survivors who face a very difficult decision about whether or not to use HRT,

Vail Valley Medical Center was one of the first big donors. We had to have a spot adjacent to the cancer center and they donated the land.

We've done focus groups by the dozens and people find it motivational, ... They get the message and recognize it's colon cancer and are supposed to go to their doctor and get a test.

Suzanne Somers

When the brain perceives you are no longer reproductive because your hormones are out of balance, it tries to get rid of you, and it usually activates the cancers in perimenopause.

While the breast cancer data is interesting, we don't think it will translate into a significant new revenue stream.

I thought it was interesting that the treatment, not the cancer, is what actually makes you sick.

Barry Manilow

The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.

B. B. King

A lot of times I say to myself, "I wished I could be worthy of all the compliments that people give me sometimes." I'm not inventing anything that's going to stop cancer or muscular dystrophy or anything, but I like to feel that my time and talent is always there for the people that need it. When someone do say something negative, most times I think about it, but it don't bother me that much.

Boris Yeltsin

We are obliged to put an end to the spread of the cancer of terrorism,

We need this because 230,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year,

We are delighted with the inaugural Amgen Tour of California. We are also pleased with the success of our Breakaway from Cancer initiative, which resulted in a donation of $1.1 million to The Wellness Community to support cancer patients. Amgen looks forward to our continuing sponsorship of this world class cycling event.

Meghan O'Rourke

My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don't know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing.

It doesn't mean we'll have a cure for cancer, but it means many new therapies will develop.

We realized that if one could put these molecules in a screening platform, (we) might develop a non-invasive, quick and inexpensive over-the-counter breast cancer screening test.

We published several papers explaining how these crystals produce X-rays and electron beams, and they're very efficient in doing this. So using low-energy X-rays or low-energy electron beams - by which I mean similar to the energies that are used currently in medical imaging rather than treatment - we can produce a really high dose of electrons that can penetrate a very thin layer of the skin. If such a device can produce high enough dose, then we can possibly use it for cancer treatment - and we're not far from this goal.

We don't completely understand why they develop lung cancer.

We do know reproductive and demographic factors do influence (breast cancer) risk. If you're thin -- women who get these implants are typically quite thin -- you have kids early, you have a lot of (kids) ... all those things lower your risk.

We estimate that 90,000 deaths due to cancer could be prevented each year in the United States if men and women could maintain normal weight,

We really need to see the results of the trial to see whether following this diet is good for cancer or cardiovascular disease. Let's see what happens.

Boris Yeltsin

You have no right to criticize Russia for Chechnya, ... We are obliged to put an end to the spread of the cancer of terrorism.

We don't have in this report how much that would go down. It's obviously not going to go to zero because we will always have people with cancer and stroke.

We don't have in this report how much that would go down, ... It's obviously not going to go to zero because we will always have people with cancer and stroke .