440 Quotes on Staying Healthy and Preventing Diseases

Katie Carpenter

October 13, 2026
Health, Quotes

This collection brings together inspiring and thought-provoking quotes emphasizing the importance of health, wellness, and proactive measures to prevent diseases.

“Health is correlated with quality of life. If you get regular physical activity, have social connections, control your cholesterol, keep your blood pressure at a normal level, don’t smoke — these things can make an enormous difference not only in how long you live, but how much you enjoy your life in those years.” — Tom Frieden
“If one of you pass out and go to the emergency room, the hospital has to see you. But when you go to the emergency room, you’ve had a stroke, or you’ve had a heart attack. If you had preventative medicine, you could maybe be taking your high blood pressure medicine so you wouldn’t have a stroke and cut down the costs.” — Corrine Brown
“Reducing dietary salt is not only important for those who already have elevated blood pressure — limiting added salt is essential for all of us to remain in good health.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Many people assume the diseases that kill us are pre-programmed into our genes. High blood pressure by 55, heart attacks at 60, maybe cancer at 70, and so on… But for most of the leading causes of death, our genes usually account for only 10-20 percent of risk.” — Michael Greger
“Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol.” — Joe Bastianich
“Health is correlated with quality of life. If you get regular physical activity, have social connections, control your cholesterol, keep your blood pressure at a normal level, don’t smoke — these things can make an enormous difference not only in how long you live, but how much you enjoy your life in those years.” — Tom Frieden
“Your health is an investment in your performance. The sharper your mind and the stronger your body, the more resilience, focus, and stamina you bring to every challenge.” – Katie Carpenter
“Simply switching to a healthy, plant-based diet can lessen stroke risk by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, flooding your body with antioxidants and improving blood flow.” — Michael Greger
“The myriad of serious health risks resulting from poor diet include high cholesterol, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even sleep apnea.” — Jane Velez-Mitchell
“If you consume too much salt, it can cause water retention. When this happens, your body usually responds by raising your blood pressure to push excess fluid and salt out of your system.” — Michael Greger
“A systemic cleansing and detox is definitely the way to go after each holiday. It is the key to fighting high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and other health-related illnesses.” — Lee Haney
“With all of the holiday cheer in the air, it’s easy to overlook the ingredients in the foods. Ingredients such as salt, sugar, and fat — all of which leads to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and cancer.” — Lee Haney
“Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.” — Zong Qinghou
“Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.” — Richard Simmons
“If you’re in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it’s good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making the changes — get your sleep, 35 grams of fiber and a half-hour walk — your cholesterol will come down, your sugar will come down, and your blood pressure will come down. Only the minority of people can’t control it.” — Michael Moore
“Individuals need accurate information in cancer prevention and guidance tailored to their specific medical history. They will not get it unless our medical doctors and other health professionals are adequately trained.” — Margaret Cuomo
“The constancy of the blood sugar level is maintained by a complex physiological mechanism, a homeostatic mechanism of the same order as those which maintain the body temperature, the blood pressure or the heart rate at normal levels and control many other functions.” — Bernardo Houssay
“In digital healthcare, we have introduced connected devices, including thermometers and blood pressure monitors that are connected through a common app.” — Rajeev Suri
“High blood pressure is a major health crisis in the black community.” — Lamman Rucker
“If someone is told they have depression or addiction, why don’t we allow them the same compassion and time for healing as if they were diagnosed with high blood pressure or diabetes? These are all illnesses for which treatment exists and recovery is possible.” — Leana S. Wen
“From a health standpoint, I have metabolic syndrome, I have high triglycerides, low HDL, body fat centrally located, high blood pressure. Running really helps control my weight and that problem a lot. So if I am not running three days a week, I really miss it.” — Drew Pinsky
“If you’re at high risk or are trying to reverse heart disease or prevent the recurrence of cancer, you probably need to make bigger changes in diet and lifestyle than someone who just wants to lose a few pounds and is otherwise healthy. If you just want to lower your cholesterol, weight or blood pressure, begin by making moderate changes.” — Dean Ornish
“Since I left the wrestling business and got in the Jim Cornette business, my blood pressure is down considerably.” — Jim Cornette
“I see more people taking charge of their well-being through the use of data and digital sensors, wearable health bands, and smartphone apps that can track and quantify everything from their heart rate, blood pressure, and sleep quality to steps walked and calories consumed.” — Denise Morrison
“If you turn on the stress response chronically for purely psychological reasons, you increase your risk of adult-onset diabetes and high blood pressure.” — Robert Sapolsky
“Keep your blood pressure under control and pay attention to your urine. If it’s foamy, that’s not a good sign, and you need to check out your kidneys.” — Grizz Chapman
“I was raised on pork… steak, chicken, everything… And everyone in my family pretty much of the older generation has diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer.” — Mya
“My blood pressure is always either perfect or low. It’s never high.” — Wendy Williams
“In addition to reducing cancer risk, physical exercise helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions. Physical activity is also a key factor in the prevention of overweight and obesity, both of which increase the risk of several cancers.” — Margaret Cuomo
“Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.” — Jim Valvano
“Cancer affects all of us, whether you’re a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient.” — Jennifer Aniston
“Broccoli is incredible. It can prevent DNA damage and metastatic cancer spread; activate defences against pathogens and pollutants; help to prevent lymphoma; boost the enzymes that detox your liver; target breast cancer stem cells; and reduce the risk of prostate cancer progression.” — Michael Greger
“Breast cancer is being detected at an earlier, more treatable stage these days, largely because women are taking more preventive measures, like self-exams and regular mammograms. And treatment is getting better too.” — Elizabeth Hurley
“That’s why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women—and everyone—to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be.” — Wanda Sykes
“Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn’t afraid of anything anymore.” — Melissa Etheridge
“Having cancer gave me membership in an elite club I’d rather not belong to.” — Gilda Radner
“My cancer scare changed my life. I’m grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.” — Olivia Newton-John
“When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.” — Terri Clark
“Cancer patients just have more information, but we all, in some ways, wait for permission to live.” — Kris Carr
“In addition to reducing cancer risk, physical exercise helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions.” — Margaret Cuomo
“Lifestyle changes may slow, stop, or even reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer.” — Dean Ornish
“Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family’s story. That’s why I am so passionate about raising awareness.” — DeAngelo Williams
“Athletes vs Cancer is a foundation that I started… and our goal is early detection, preventative screening and just really spreading knowledge.” — Matt Barnes
“Cancer affects all of us, whether you’re a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient.” — Jennifer Aniston
“My dad died from pancreatic cancer at 54… I’m making sure I’m eating my vegetables and staying away from the red meat.” — Chumlee
“When I first came out about my breast cancer, I didn’t want to talk about it, but I had to… because young women were getting it, and people weren’t understanding that.” — Christina Applegate
“Prostate cancer has taken a lot from me. First it took my grandfather and then my dad.” — Ben Miller
“Having had cancer, one important thing to know is you’re still the same person at the end… But most people come out the other end feeling more like themselves than ever before.” — Kylie Minogue
“Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.” — Jim Valvano
“The first generation of biotech physically cut and pasted from one organism to another… Now physical science is becoming information science.” — Steve Jurvetson
“My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent.” — Angelina Jolie
“When they told me I had cancer… I’d wake up and have an internal conversation with cancer. ‘All right, dude,’ I’d tell it, ‘go ahead and hit me. But I’m going to hit you back even harder.'” — Stuart Scott
“I’m able to do motivational speaking all over the world… Without cancer, I would have never had some of these opportunities.” — Daniel Jacobs
“There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.” — Ann Jillian
“With over 3 million women battling breast cancer today, everywhere you turn there is a mother, daughter, sister, or friend who has been affected by breast cancer.” — Betsey Johnson
“Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore.” — Alan Bennett
“I don’t want to die until I see cancer cured.” — James D. Watson
“The immune system’s goal is to protect the body against invaders either from without, such as microbes, or from within, such as cancers and different types of neoplastic transformation.” — Anthony Fauci
“We expect well-informed treatment for cancer or heart disease; it matters no less for depression.” — Kay Redfield Jamison
“Families fighting childhood cancer should not have to worry about where they’re going to get the next dose of the drug they need to save their child’s life.” — Amy Klobuchar
“If I’ve learned anything, it’s to live in the moment, and the gift that cancer gives you is, you just assume I’m only here today, and I am going to seize that moment and cherish it.” — Kathy Giusti
“Cancer has affected my family; my mother and father have battled cancer. I know how tough it is.” — Stone Cold Steve Austin
“I lost my mom to breast cancer about three years ago, and it has changed me forever.” — Trisha Yearwood
“Cancer is a cruel killer. It creeps up on us when we aren’t expecting it.” — Katie Hopkins
“With all of the holiday cheer in the air, it’s easy to overlook the ingredients in the foods. Ingredients such as salt, sugar, and fat – all of which leads to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and cancer.” — Lee Haney
“When they tell you that you have cancer, you panic.” — Sofia Vergara
“The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn’t cure cancer.” — Molly Ivins
“It feels really good to give back. I’m opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.” — Olivia Newton-John
“Breast cancer, whether I like it or not, is part of my family’s story. That’s why I am so passionate about raising awareness.” — DeAngelo Williams
“There are estimates that 2 to 3 percent of cancers in the U.S. each year are engendered by exposure to repetitive imaging.” — Eric Topol
“I don’t want to die until I see cancer cured.” — James D. Watson
“Cancer is caused by what you do for many, many years, not what you do for a few weeks or months.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Think about it: Look at the strides of awareness and treatment and tests that women have had with breast cancer, that the gay community has had with AIDS, because they’re active and they talk about it.” — Herbie Mann
“I lost my mom to breast cancer, and then I lost my father three years later. I thought, ‘What am I waiting for?’ Motherhood has been the greatest gift of my life.” — Connie Britton
“The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived.” — Gilda Radner
“Cancer cells have had so many other things go wrong with them, genetic, non-genetic changes, that those cells, one of the things they then get selected for is that they have lots of telomerase because now the telomeres in those cells get maintained.” — Elizabeth Blackburn
“Physical activity – even if you don’t lose an ounce, you’ll live longer, feel healthier and be less likely to get cancer, heart disease, stroke and arthritis. It’s the closest thing we have to a wonder drug.” — Tom Frieden
“The battle against cancer has made me strong. It’s like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I was told by doctors my kidney, liver and other organs could fail. It was tough. I didn’t know if I could save my life. But I was positive, and because of that, the doctor told me that I would be a man who would never have cancer.” — Yuvraj Singh
“Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.” — Kris Carr
“To those out there who are suffering from cancer, facing adversity, I want you to know that your will to live can make all the difference in the world.” — Craig Sager
“Health is your ultimate ROI. When you invest in your well-being, everything else compounds.” – Allison Dunn
“Cancer makes you realise that you will be dead one day. It’s so common seeing people dying and falling sick, but we aren’t really ever able to comprehend it ourselves. The realisation that I am here for a certain period of time and will be gone after that made me value my time and life.” — Manisha Koirala
“Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed.” — Michael Douglas
“Cancer and its aftermath changed my outlook in a profound way. I’ve become less of a hermit, and I travel more.” — Kathy Bates
“Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole human evolution process.” — Harald zur Hausen
“If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.” — Paul D. Boyer
“In fast moving fields like cancer, where doctors tailor treatments based on evidence that’s constantly evolving, two years can be an eternity of waiting to learn about important science. For some patients, that interval can be fatal.” — Scott Gottlieb
“With all of the holiday cheer in the air, it’s easy to overlook the ingredients in the foods. Ingredients such as salt, sugar, and fat – all of which leads to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, and cancer.” — Lee Haney
“There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.” — Ann Jillian
“Success is worthless if you’re too burned out to enjoy it. The best leaders don’t just manage their business—they manage their energy, recovery, and long-term well-being.” – Katie Carpenter
“Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that.” — Molly Ivins
“Famously cancer fighting, laden with vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, and phytonutrients, broccoli and its relatives are among the healthiest ingredients of the human diet.” — Kate Christensen
“Cancer is the great equalizer. Everyone is affected by it either themselves or through loved ones.” — Andrew Lo
“We have forgotten that curing cancer starts with preventing cancer in the first place.” — David Agus
“Berries are the healthiest fruit, offering potential protection against cancer and heart disease, boosting the immune system and acting as a guard for the liver and brain.” — Michael Greger
“A systemic cleansing and detox is definitely the way to go after each holiday. It is the key to fighting high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and other health-related illnesses.” — Lee Haney
“Consuming mushrooms regularly has been associated with decreased risk of breast, stomach and colorectal cancers.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Physical activity – even if you don’t lose an ounce, you’ll live longer, feel healthier and be less likely to get cancer, heart disease, stroke and arthritis. It’s the closest thing we have to a wonder drug.” — Tom Frieden
“The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise.” — David Suzuki
“When you have cancer, you can define the trivial from the important very quickly.” — Paul Henderson
“Cancer is something that touches everyone’s lives.” — Ellen Pompeo
“Once cancer happens it changes the way you live for the rest of your life.” — Hayley Mills
“Having cancer is a lonely experience. It is the one time in your life that you cannot ask those closest to you, ‘What should I do?’ It’s too heavy a burden to place on another person. This is your life, your decision, and cancer kills.” — Suzanne Somers
“Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.” — Greg Anderson
“I had breast cancer. Yeah, I know it’s scary.” — Wanda Sykes
“If you have a friend or family member with breast cancer, try not to look at her with ‘sad eyes.’ Treat her like you always did; just show a little extra love.” — Hoda Kotb
“Growing and aging populations are putting increased pressure on health-care systems that are already buckling under the burden of chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes.” — Frans van Houten
“The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing.” — Maggie Smith
“Since I had cancer I’ve realised that every day is a bonus.” — Geoffrey Boycott
“It seems the older I get, I hear about cancer more and more but not to get too totally depressed about it all – on a positive note you do hear about people surviving it more – thanks to the fantastic work done by the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.” — Alan Carr
“Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action.” — Angelina Jolie
“Combine anti-cancer foods to maximize protection against all cancers: A number of plant foods are associated with lower risk of cancers, and substances contained in these foods display anti-cancer or immune-boosting properties.” — Joel Fuhrman
“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.” — Michael McCaul
“Cancer is something that can happen to anyone, like a sportsperson who is eating right and doing his bit correctly. Cancer really takes your life away.” — Hazel Keech
“We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there’s an epidemic of chronic disease.” — Patrick Soon-Shiong
“Cancer is like the common cold; there are so many different types. In the future, we’ll still have cancer, but we’ll detect it very, very early, so that it won’t kill anybody. We’ll zap it at the molecular level decades before it grows into a tumor.” — Michio Kaku
“The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise.” — David Suzuki
“When you hear the word ‘cancer,’ it’s as if someone took the game of Life and tossed it in the air. All the pieces go flying. The pieces land on a new board. Everything has shifted. You don’t know where to start.” — Regina Brett
“We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure.” — David Agus
“With cancer affecting one in three people, all of us will, at some point in our lives, experience it – either personally or through a loved one.” — Sheila Hancock
“After cancer, I ain’t scared of nothing.” — John Prine
“Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem.” — David D. Burns
“Once cancer happens it changes the way you live for the rest of your life.” — Hayley Mills
“The only thing I want to sponsor is cancer, and cancer can be beaten. Not any other product. And I hope nobody tries to use me, because I won’t let them.” — Terry Fox
“We get so obsessed with our body, but when you have cancer, you forget your mind and your soul and your relationships are all affected.” — Yael Cohen
“The goal is to live a full, productive life even with all that ambiguity. No matter what happens, whether the cancer never flares up again or whether you die, the important thing is that the days that you have had you will have lived.” — Gilda Radner
“I am a cancer patient, and I continue to fight with the hope that a cure may be just around the corner. I am grateful to my family, friends, loved ones, and to fans that I am in their thoughts and prayers. That support gives me great hope.” — Valerie Harper
“Cancer definitely rekindled my spirit. It made me realise that every human being has the capacity to overcome a huge setback.” — Manisha Koirala
“I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of cancer. I decided nobody should suffer that much.” — Gertrude B. Elion
“Cancer has taught me a lot of things. Maybe it is the best thing that has happened to me. I can’t say right now, but maybe some years down the line, I would realise. When I was taking chemotherapy, there were a lot of elderly patients, and that would inspire me. I thought, ‘If they can be cured, why can’t I be?'” — Yuvraj Singh
“The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise.” — David Suzuki
“Combine anti-cancer foods to maximize protection against all cancers: A number of plant foods are associated with lower risk of cancers, and substances contained in these foods display anti-cancer or immune-boosting properties.” — Joel Fuhrman
“I’m happy to say that I am in remission. That R word is something critically important to cancer patients, especially in a disease like myeloma. But I never lose sight of the fact that there is another R word called relapse.” — Kathy Giusti
“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.” — Michael McCaul
“Cancer essentially lives in us and becomes activated at some point, and then cells begin to psychotically divide. Initially, the cancer cell looks like other cells and the body invites it in.” — Eve Ensler
“Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.” — Ingrid Bergman
“Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.” — Greg Anderson
“Too many women are dying needlessly from ovarian cancer.” — Margaret Cuomo
“We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure.” — David Agus
“I think after overcoming breast cancer, you sort of become fearless and somehow going up to your boss to talk about a possible promotion doesn’t seem like such a daunting task anymore.” — Hoda Kotb
“My sister and mom are both cancer survivors. If they’re going to whip it, so am I.” — Ernie Johnson Jr.
“When you have a diagnosis of cancer, or any serious illness, your choices are basically to be passive and kind of accept whatever is offered you, or to be active and to learn about your disease, and understand your options, and be an active partner with your doctor. That’s the course I took with all three of my cancers.” — Hamilton Jordan
“It is hard not to speak in cliches about cancer. It can be even harder not to feel as if I have to live up to those cliches. I sometimes feel a deep sense of guilt for not doing a better job of making lemonade out of metaphorical lemons.” — Suleika Jaouad
“Cancer makes you realise that you will be dead one day. It’s so common seeing people dying and falling sick, but we aren’t really ever able to comprehend it ourselves. The realisation that I am here for a certain period of time and will be gone after that made me value my time and life.” — Manisha Koirala
“Cancer is something that touches everyone’s lives.” — Ellen Pompeo
“When you hear the word ‘cancer,’ it’s as if someone took the game of Life and tossed it in the air. All the pieces go flying. The pieces land on a new board. Everything has shifted. You don’t know where to start.” — Regina Brett
“I believe that I would not have smoked had I seen a label on a cigarette package or in a cigarette ad that said ‘Warning: Cigarette smoking may cause death from heart disease, cancer or emphysema.'” — Amanda Blake
“We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We’re all going way beyond our expiration date.” — Douglas Coupland
“Having cancer is a lonely experience. It is the one time in your life that you cannot ask those closest to you, ‘What should I do?’ It’s too heavy a burden to place on another person. This is your life, your decision, and cancer kills.” — Suzanne Somers
“An Asian way of eating and living may help prevent and even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, prostate cancer and breast cancer. Incorporate more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, soy products and fish in your diet. Eat at home more with your family and friends.” — Dean Ornish
“We stopped cleaning our houses with lemon water and vinegar like our mothers did, and we clean with chemicals. We’re breathing chemicals, and then everyone wonders why cancer is the biggest killer.” — Suzanne Somers
“Researches at Yale found a connection between brain cancer and work environment. The No. 1 most dangerous job for developing brain cancer? Plutonium hat model.” — Jimmy Fallon
“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
“The sun sucks. I used to love the sun, but now I hate it because it just wants to kill everything. I always tell everyone, if you don’t want to do skin care, fine, but at least put sunscreen on. The reason why we have little freckles, skin cancer, and wrinkles is because of the sun.” — Amber Liu
“Health is wealth and your greatest asset.” – Allison Dunn
“Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep man searching for some time.” — David R. Brower
“Once I got cancer of the tongue and throat, I realised that stress is a killer and I had to try and get stress out of my life.” — Geoffrey Boycott
“An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40.” — Matthew Lesko
“If you’re unable to catch it in time, the cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and at that point, the cancer is essentially incurable, but that doesn’t mean your condition can’t be improved.” — Len Dawson
“Everybody who’s a physician, who makes vaccines, who wants to find the cure for cancer. Everybody who wants to do any medical good for humankind got the passion for that before he or she was 10.” — Bill Nye
“Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding.” — Arlen Specter
“When you fight something like cancer, you not dealing with a person that looks at where you come from or what’s your background or what race you are or what ethnicity or whatever. Whatever your culture is, it doesn’t care about that. It doesn’t sleep – it doesn’t get tired – so if you make it about yourself, you’re going to fail every time.” — Eric Berry
“Cancer has enormous diversity and behaves differently: it’s highly mutable, the evolutionary principles are very complicated and often its capacity to be constantly mystifying comes as a big challenge.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee
“If there’s a seminal discovery in oncology in the last 20 years, it’s that idea that cancer genes are often mutated versions of normal genes.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee
“I want to see cancer cured in my lifetime. It might be.” — James D. Watson
“For example, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Every four minutes someone is diagnosed, and every nine minutes someone dies.” — Kevin Richardson
“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
“New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer’s, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.” — Daniel Akaka
“The principle of treating cancer is to kill the abnormally dividing cells. Many drugs achieve this in a relatively unselective way, killing any cell that is dividing.” — Mark Walport
“After my diagnosis at age 22 with leukemia, the second piece of news I learned was that I would likely be infertile as a result of chemotherapy. It was a one-two punch that was my first indication that issues of cancer and sexual health are inextricably tied.” — Suleika Jaouad
“Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.” — Bernard Levin
“Cancer affects everyone, and it’s up to all of us to support the important research that can one day make a much sought-after cure a reality.” — Angie Harmon
“Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle.” — Dennis Franz
“I know people are pretty well embarrassed just at the mention of colon cancer. Sticking a tube in you to find out what’s wrong is not a nice thing. But I can tell them, a 30- or 40-minute test is worth it. We have to make them feel more comfortable about getting screened.” — Eric Davis
“If we had pursued what President Nixon declared in 1970 as the war on cancer, we would have cured many strains. I think Jack Kemp would be alive today. And that research has saved or prolonged many lives, including mine.” — Arlen Specter
“Activating oxygen can produce compounds called radicals that put oxidative stress on cells. Such stress could ultimately lead to cancer and other diseases.” — John Simon
“High performance isn’t about working harder—it’s about sustaining yourself longer. The leaders who thrive aren’t the ones who push the hardest but the ones who know when to rest, refuel, and recover.” – Katie Carpenter
“My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers – all smoking related.” — Loni Anderson
“Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn’t as hunky-dory like it was.” — Darren Aronofsky
“I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it, to make an appointment, to give themselves an exam.” — Giuliana Rancic
“Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased.” — Ike Skelton
“One of the things we’ve always tried to do is help others with our story. Whether it’s with the infertility issues, whether it’s with the breast cancer, we said we’re gonna turn these negatives into positives. And if we can help others by sharing our story, then it’s worth it.” — Bill Rancic
“Cancer is a disease where the patient can contribute a great deal of help himself if he or she can retain their morale and their hopes.” — George Carman
“I don’t think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.” — Cindy Crawford
“Movies are fun, but they’re not a cure for cancer.” — Warren Beatty
“And I’ll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we’re done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of – because we have a preexisting condition.” — Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“We must work to ensure that the Nevada Cancer Institute continues to receive the dollars necessary to make it a vibrant source of research and clinical assistance for cancer victims throughout the state of Nevada and the nation.” — Jon Porter
“If we stop exploring space, we’re going to lose the same part of us that found vaccines and penicillin, the part that searches for cures to cancer and AIDS.” — Corbin Bernsen
“Cancer victims who don’t accept their fate, who don’t learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.” — Ingrid Bergman
“I have a new found respect for women who have been through breast cancer and this surgery.” — Giuliana Rancic
“Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.” — Patrick Swayze
“If I were a 40-year-old woman, 40-to-50, I’d want to be getting my mammograms. They catch cancers, and cancer is very curable if you catch it early.” — Ann Romney
“Cancer is not a straight line. It’s up and down.” — Elizabeth Edwards
“To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.” — Dale Murphy
“Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these wise, beyond-their-years creatures or else these sad-eyed, tragic people. And the truth is people living with cancer are very much like people who are not living with cancer.” — John Green
“Everything’s the same; I’m living with cancer and it’s not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don’t think you quite know.” — Robin Roberts
“I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that’s pretty fearless.” — Eric Shanteau
“Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.” — Laura Linney
“I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a ‘storybook marriage.’ Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.” — Ann Romney
“After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level.” — Eric Shanteau
“In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.” — Elizabeth Edwards
“My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 13 and it was something we weren’t really aware of as a family.” — Rima Fakih
“It’s so important to encourage the use of suncream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sunbeds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.” — Peter Andre
“I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK.” — Koo Stark
“My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity.” — Scott Thompson
“Look, I’m a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can’t get insurance.” — Carly Fiorina
“I’ve kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.” — Eric Shanteau
“I don’t think it’s too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don’t wind up dying of some kind of cancer when you’re 45 years old.” — Jello Biafra
“If it weren’t for my breast cancer, I wouldn’t be a ‘Today’ host. After I got better, I talked to my boss about working on the show. Six months before, I’d have been terrified to go in there and ask for what I wanted. But after what I’d been through, how could I be scared of being told no?” — Hoda Kotb
“Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.” — Kris Carr
“Cancer is such a ruthless adversary because it behaves as if it has its own fiendishly cunning agenda.” — Paul Davies
“I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend’s wife, and she was my wife’s best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried.” — Jason Aldean
“When a person has cancer, the whole family really suffers with her.” — Ann Jillian
“My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, ‘What can I do?’” — Andrew Lo
“Eventually cancer becomes just another annoying thing that you deal with, you know, like cellulite.” — Kris Carr
“My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.” — Jane Pauley
“Poetry can’t cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.” — Maurice Saatchi
“I know so many people who have battled breast cancer and they didn’t all make it.” — Elizabeth Hurley
“While I may never be in remission from cancer, I am currently in remission from an unhealthy relationship to food.” — Kris Carr
“Cancer cells come pre-programmed to execute a well-defined cascade of changes, seemingly designed to facilitate both their enhanced survival and their dissemination through the bloodstream.” — Paul Davies
“Each of us should think of the future. Every puff on a cigarette is another tick closer to a time bomb of terrible consequences.” — Ray Comfort
“Cancer is very chaotic.” — Kris Carr
“Both of my grandmothers were diagnosed with breast cancer — one is a survivor and one passed away.” — Jessica Simpson
“We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer treatment and had a big impact on managing heart disease, brain disorders, arthritis and transplantation.” — Robert Winston
“My mom, she’s a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.” — Kate Walsh
“Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasn’t going to be all of me.” — Hoda Kotb
“Cancer touches every family in one way or another. As other diseases are brought under control, cancer is set to become the number one killer, and is already in epidemic proportions worldwide.” — Paul Davies
“My friend’s granddad died of prostate cancer and it had a profound effect on me. So when I was presented with the opportunity to speak out, I had to take it. This is a life threatening issue for men; it happens every day. The more you know, the better your chances are of dealing with it if the worst were to happen.” — Tristan Wilds
“Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.” — Joni Eareckson Tada
“Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.” — Yusuf Hamied
“My mother died of lung cancer last year. I felt helpless. As an economist, I thought, ‘What can I do?'” — Andrew Lo
“Hats, giant shades and 60-plus sunblock are part of my summer repertoire. I don’t want wrinkles, but it’s skin cancer I truly fear.” — Janine di Giovanni
“Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.” — Linton Kwesi Johnson
“When our bodies are violated by this horrible disease of cancer, we’re in total shock because it’s so unexpected.” — David H. Koch
“Cancer is an emotional disease.” — Marina Abramovic
“There’s no such thing as ageing gracefully. I don’t meet people who want to get Alzheimer’s disease, or who want to get cancer or arthritis or any of the other things that afflict the elderly. Ageing is bad for you, and we better just actually accept that.” — Aubrey de Grey
“The way I look at it is, cancer research is absolutely nonpartisan. Cancer is very democratic in the sense that it attacks people regardless of their race, their gender, their national background, or their political persuasions.” — David H. Koch
“Your health sets the baseline for everything else—your leadership, your relationships, and your ability to execute under pressure. That’s why when you neglect your health, you lower your potential.” – Katie Carpenter
“My biggest fear in life is losing the people I love, and the thing with cancer is that it seems that you can’t really control it.” — Mollie King
“I wanted to explore cancer not just biologically, but metaphorically.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee
“I kind of blossomed backwards. I got cancer, fell in love and have a magical life. I never imagined it would happen that way, but you just go with the flow, right?” — Kris Carr
“We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer treatment and had a big impact on managing heart disease, brain disorders, arthritis and transplantation.” — Robert Winston
“I think the way we think about cancer, the way we treat cancer, has dramatically changed in the last century.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee
“Go to the doctor, get a checkup, and get Pap smears regularly. Cervical cancer is very preventable, and if you catch it early, there are tons of ways to treat it as well.” — Mandy Moore
“Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is an age-related disease.” — Siddhartha Mukherjee
“Cancer affects so many people, and even if it hasn’t affected someone in your family then you know someone who has had it.” — Mollie King
“Cancer is the ultimate nemesis that hangs in the balance for one in three women and one in two men in their lifetime.” — David Agus
“I knew when I was diagnosed with cancer the only thing I could control was what I ate, what I drank and what I would think.” — Kris Carr
“The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering.” — Tom Rath
“Cancer is messy and scary. You throw everything at it, but don’t forget to throw love at it. It turns out that might be the best weapon of all.” — Regina Brett
“Cancer taught me to stop saving things for a special occasion. Every day is special.” — Regina Brett
“You hear the word ‘cancer,’ and you think it is a death sentence. In fact, the shock is the biggest thing about a diagnosis of cancer.” — Clare Balding
“For people who are afraid to talk about cancer, for people who are afraid to communicate with their loved ones about it, and for the people who want to pretend cancer doesn’t exist, either delaying diagnosis or not getting regular checkups, the consequences can be fatal.” — Marlee Matlin
“Screening for colon cancer can stop cancer in its tracks.” — Hill Harper
“My family has had a lot of trouble with cancer in particular. There are a lot of great causes out there but for me to pick one I would say anything that is cancer related.” — Casey James
“Cancer taught me to live only in the day I’m in. In the moment I’m in.” — Regina Brett
“The minute someone tells you you have cancer, it’s kind of like you die. You really do die. It’s like you get that you’re mortal.” — Eve Ensler
“The time has come to seriously ask whether antioxidant use much more likely causes than prevents cancer.” — James D. Watson
“What I’ve learned from my own journey, and from my family’s experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that’s life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.” — Bonnie Blair
“Whenever women struggle with breast cancer and face better care than ever, that’s feminism.” — bell hooks
“I suppose I didn’t cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn’t lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.” — Sam Taylor-Johnson
“Nitric oxide production by immune cells is one of the key mechanisms that our bodies use to destroy diseased cells.” — Paul Stamets
“Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn’t change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it’s not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am.” — Clare Balding
“Before I started chemotherapy treatments, I wrote down the best advice from doctors, family, friends, books, and survivors and created an ‘Owner’s Manual’ to help me take care of myself. It would remind me that cancer is doable.” — Regina Brett
“Reducing the price of AIDS drugs gave me so much satisfaction that I’ve been thinking what else I could do. One day, I thought, ‘Let’s look at cancer and see how we can spare cancer patients’ unnecessary suffering.'” — Yusuf Hamied
“I’m just trying to spread the word and upturn the myth that actually you should be resting after cancer treatment. You shouldn’t; you should be getting out and doing any kind of exercise you can.” — Jo Brand
“On the male side of my family, cancer has been very insidious, and so I’m just attempting to live a lifestyle that doesn’t follow in their footsteps.” — Hill Harper
“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.” — Melissa Etheridge
“The undue influence of money on our politics is like a cancer underlying other cancers, the issue underlying all other issues.” — Marianne Williamson
“One thing you have to realize is that cancer is not something you necessarily cure, but you want to just take care of yourself and extend your life as long as you can.” — Joe Torre
“The best diet for overall health, and specifically for heart, brain, and cancer risk reduction, is a diet that’s aggressively low in carbohydrates with an abundance of healthful fat, and this is the central theme of ‘Grain Brain.'” — David Perlmutter
“To argue that universal health care would wreck the U.S. lead in cancer survival, you’d have to argue that universal health care would wreck the entire U.S. economy.” — Timothy Noah
“With breast cancer, it’s all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do.” — Bill Rancic
“My father had spent years fighting cancer of the head and neck. He had numerous operations, and he was reduced and reduced and reduced.” — Rachel Joyce
“My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks.” — Dane Cook
“In 2001, my father finally succumbed to the bone cancer that had tortured him for seven years. His last weeks were a terrible, black icing on the cake.” — Peter Baynham
“I was a vegetarian first. I had high blood pressure at 27, everybody in my family died of cancer, and I knew it was in the food, so I changed my diet.” — John Salley
“The Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and most experienced medical centers treating esophageal cancer in the world.” — Harmon Killebrew
“In 2008, while the film version of my book ‘Choke’ was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That meant that I had to appear in public to promote a comedy about a son trying to save his dying mother — the plot of Choke — while privately I was caring for my own dying mother.” — Chuck Palahniuk
“Any charity that aids or supports trying to find a cure for cancer is very close to my heart. My mom had cancer multiple times, so it’s something that I can relate to.” — Jennette McCurdy
“A lot of healing is in the mind. I’m not talking about serious illnesses like cancer. I’m talking about ordinary broken bones. Healing begins in the head.” — Tony McCoy
“Shortly before I turned 37 and my older daughter turned 3, I was diagnosed with breast cancer: stage III of IV.” — Kelly Corrigan
“You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.” — Joe Torre
“I cried like a baby. When no one could see me or hear me. Not because I feared what cancer would do, but because I didn’t want the disease. I wanted my life to be normal, which it could no longer be.” — Yuvraj Singh
“Cancer taught me to live only in the day I’m in. In the moment I’m in.” — Regina Brett
“Skin cancer became personal to my family when my father was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma.” — Landon Donovan
“Beating cancer is personal battle. It was one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far, and I think I did reasonably well. Touch wood.” — Yuvraj Singh
“When I was going through my chemotherapy, I realized not many people are willing to talk about cancer, even after getting fully cured. Celebrities and educated people are also very protective and private about it.” — Yuvraj Singh
“My mother did not want cancer to interfere with my life, as she knew it would eventually end hers.” — Jenna Morasca
“Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what’s important. In a second, life can change. Don’t ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?” — Jaclyn Smith
“Sin is very important to the soul because sin is what disintegrates the soul; it’s what attacks the soul. Sin kind of is to the soul what cancer is to the body.” — John Ortberg
“The thing with cancer is that you want to get it as early as you can.” — Michael Douglas
“I am committed to ovarian cancer research on a national level and in my community in the Carolinas. It is important to me to know the women that are true fighters of this difficult disease.” — Andie MacDowell
“You don’t treat cancer – you fight it.” — Jenna Morasca
“When my mother was diagnosed with cancer, my middle school friends and myself really had no idea the impact of that diagnosis, but my family did.” — Jenna Morasca
“Cancer is cancer. I’ve got a great life if I can just stay alive.” — Paul Henderson
“Men need to be aware of the health of their bodies, as well – prostate cancer and breast cancer are almost on the same level.” — Olivia Newton-John
“I grew up knowing the importance of breast cancer.” — DeAngelo Williams
“I chose not to put a wig on. The reason why I chose to come out with the cancer thing is because there’s somebody out there who can see that all sickness isn’t unto death.” — Sharon Jones
“Cancer is the most pernicious, insidious, disgusting disease of life.” — Pierce Brosnan
“I think cancer is a hard battle to fight alone or with another person at your side, but I will say having someone to pick you up when you fall, stand by your side through every appointment and delivery of bad news, is priceless.” — Jenna Morasca
“I can’t even consider the prospect of grandchildren because I don’t know if there will be anything left for them on Earth. That’s how serious the problem is. We can’t drink the water or breathe the air, and we’re all dying from some sort of cancer. How many generations can sustain that? It frightens me terribly.” — Patti Davis
“I don’t think tongue cancer is the best cancer for an actor.” — Michael Douglas
“I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It’s no problem, it’s under control and I’m very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.” — Ian McKellen
“My mother had never had a day’s illness in her life and never thought to have checks. Then, at 78, she discovered she had breast cancer and passed away the next year. But if she’d had a check two years before, they could have done something about it, they could have saved her.” — Rick Wakeman
“When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there’s a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable.” — Pierce Brosnan
“I’m holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something – that may not be very clear to me right now – but that I will do.” — Farrah Fawcett
“My father died of brain cancer in 1991. I do not know anyone whose life has not been touched by the loss of a loved one to cancer.” — Alicia Coppola
“Cancer is a collection of many diseases with common principles, and each disease will have to be understood and more effectively controlled on its own terms.” — Harold E. Varmus
“Preventative medicine has to be the direction we go in. For example, if colon cancer is detected early… the surgery is relatively inexpensive and average survival is far greater than 10 years.” — Craig Venter
“Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.” — Abbey Clancy
“Melanoma is not the most common of skin cancers, but it is the most dangerous if not found in the early stages.” — Jane Green
“The most dangerous cancer cells are actually the ones that are more like stem cells, which have this ability to produce themselves over and over again.” — Elizabeth Blackburn
“If your doctor tells you you have a rare disease that he or she has never seen, if you’ve got an incurable cancer, boy, don’t accept that. You know, go and get a second opinion.” — Hamilton Jordan
“The thing with cancer is that it’s usually the chemo rather than the disease itself that makes the patient feel so ill, particularly at the start.” — Amy Hoggart
“Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And we’re trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.” — Harold E. Varmus
“When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn’t let myself go to depression… If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again.” — Sam Taylor-Johnson
“One characteristic aspect of ageing is the increased susceptibility to disease, particularly age-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer.” — Elizabeth Blackburn
“Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what’s important. In a second, life can change.” — Jaclyn Smith
“My dad died from cancer when I was 18, and my mom was in a really tough spot. So I wanted to try to help at home.” — Mike McCue
“Cancer cells have a lot of other things that are really wrong with them, and we should never forget that these are cells that have become deaf to all the signals that the body sends out…” — Elizabeth Blackburn
“In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.” — Harold E. Varmus
“I had a cancer scare in the early ’90s, and for a few months, I wondered if I would make it.” — Kiki Dee
“The indisputable fact is that nutritional science is the most powerful weapon available to win the war on cancer.” — Joel Fuhrman
“We can reduce these cancer rates — breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer — by 90 percent or more by people adopting what I call a nutritrarian diet.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Americans are grossly deficient in basic micronutrients and especially those phytochemicals that arm our immune system to fight cancer.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Scores of studies support the power of certain natural foods to prevent cancer.” — Joel Fuhrman
“If we get kids eating right, we could decrease cancer rates by 90 percent.” — Joel Fuhrman
“At the age of 62, my father died of cancer — it was much too soon. My mother never remarried or got over it, never even thought of another man.” — Monique Roffey
“Publicity’s a cancer. It eats out a man — till there’s nothing but a shell left.” — Patrick Kavanagh
“We can choose food that doesn’t lead to illnesses like diabetes and cancer. We can choose food that doesn’t contribute to water pollution and climate change.” — Frances Beinecke
“I think I’ve become more aware of aging in the last couple of years because of friends dying of cancer or friends’ parents dying and myself — I’m still healthy, but I’m aging, and that’s something that I think about more, even though I shouldn’t be too concerned.” — Jose Gonzalez
“There are environmental threats to health; there are internal threats to health — genetic conditions, viral threats, diseases like cancer and Parkinson’s.” — Bill Maris
“Like in those cancer villages, a group of old ladies kneeling down in front of me, you know, holding a bottle of polluted water and hoping that they would get help…” — Ma Jun
“Bringing together the unique expertise of researchers from both NYU and the Technion will hopefully enable us to overcome some of the most difficult challenges in treating cancer patients.” — Aaron Ciechanover
“In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.” — Harald zur Hausen
“Cancer initiates due to a wide variety of causes, some of which are outside of our control or already occurred during our childhood.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Maybe I should mention it: I was not from the beginning mainly interested in papilloma virus; I was mainly interested in infectious agents in human cancer.” — Harald zur Hausen
“In addition to reducing cancer risk, physical exercise helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions. Physical activity is also a key factor in the prevention of overweight and obesity, both of which increase the risk of several cancers.” — Margaret Cuomo
“Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery.” — Dean Ornish
“The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.” — David Suzuki
“I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different.” — Mehmet Oz
“A significant number of research studies have documented that heart disease is easily and almost completely preventable through a diet rich in plant produce and lower in processed foods and animal products.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Physical activity — even if you don’t lose an ounce, you’ll live longer, feel healthier and be less likely to get cancer, heart disease, stroke and arthritis. It’s the closest thing we have to a wonder drug.” — Tom Frieden
“Millions of Americans today are taking dietary supplements, practicing yoga and integrating other natural therapies into their lives. These are all preventive measures that will keep them out of the doctor’s office and drive down the costs of treating serious problems like heart disease and diabetes.” — Andrew Weil
“Berries are the healthiest fruit, offering potential protection against cancer and heart disease, boosting the immune system and acting as a guard for the liver and brain.” — Michael Greger
“My father had a heart attack and he has heart disease. He had a full recovery, and I’m very lucky, but it certainly made him look at the way he’s living and how he’s treating his body.” — Cheryl Hines
“In addition to relieving patient suffering, research is needed to help reduce the enormous economic and social burdens posed by chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.” — Ike Skelton
“People are increasingly realising that what they eat is important. You can’t put junk food in your body and be healthy. All sorts of problems can develop, like diabetes, heart disease, obesity, strokes.” — Monty Don
“I drink coffee in the morning and a few cups throughout the day. Among coffee’s health benefits are lower risk of Parkinson’s, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and dementia.” — David H. Murdock
“The goal of my diet-style is eating for optimal health and longevity. What greater benefit could there be than living healthfully and actively into old age with no dependence on medications and almost no risk of heart disease, diabetes or dementia?” — Joel Fuhrman
“Going meat-free can make a huge difference. Studies show that vegetarians are, on average, 10 to 20 pounds lighter than meat-eaters and that a vegetarian diet reduces our risk of heart disease by 40 percent and adds seven or more years to our lifespan.” — Ingrid Newkirk
“Yoga can get at the roots of issues that cause behaviors leading to obesity, heart disease, and stress.” — Tara Stiles
“The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering.” — Tom Rath
“Obesity puts our children at risk of developing serious diseases — such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression. It keeps our children from performing their best at school.” — Kirsten Gillibrand
“A significant number of research studies have documented that heart disease is easily and almost completely preventable through a diet rich in plant produce and lower in processed foods and animal products.” — Joel Fuhrman
“Imagine if Congress always put the interests of polluters ahead of the health of our families. Our rivers and lakes would be choked with sewage. Acid rain would pour down from smog-filled skies. Hundreds of thousands more of our neighbors, friends, and loved ones would be victims of cancer, heart disease, and asthma.” — Jeff Merkley
“Seeds and nuts are indispensable for cardiovascular health. The protective properties of nuts against coronary heart disease were first recognized in the early 1990s, and a strong body of literature has followed, confirming these original findings.” — Joel Fuhrman
“If you knew you could change your lifestyle and diet and avoid heart disease and other things, you should do it.” — Laila Ali
“Obesity in children is growing out of control. A big part of this is economic. Fake foods are more affordable. It’s enticing people to eat more because they think they’re saving money when they’re really just buying heart disease.” — Jillian Michaels
“Small changes in diet don’t have much effect on preventing coronary heart disease and cancer. But bigger changes in diet and lifestyle may prevent heart attacks in almost everyone.” — Dean Ornish
“The myriad of serious health risks resulting from poor diet include high cholesterol, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even sleep apnea.” — Jane Velez-Mitchell
“Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.” — Vinnie Jones
“I am well aware of the health dangers of an expanding waistline and belly fat: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, even cancer.” — Denise Austin
“Mental illness is a fact of life, like cancer or heart disease.” — Luciana Berger
“We have equated a cancer diagnosis to ‘death,’ but we look at diabetes as ‘something that you get when you get older.’ But look at diabetes — it’s the leading cause of limb amputation, heart disease, kidney failure. Many people don’t equate diabetes with these other destructive things.” — Eric Adams
“When we breathe it in, soot can interfere with our lungs and increase the risk of asthma attacks, lung cancer and even premature death. The smallest particles can pass into the blood stream and cause heart disease, stroke and reproductive complications.” — Sheldon Whitehouse
“I’ve had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.” — Laila Ali
“Diabetes can be successfully prevented and managed by a healthy lifestyle. When not managed, it can lead to severe organ damage and death.” — Tedros Adhanom
“Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don’t, there are consequences you’ll have to deal with later in life.” — Bryan Adams
“Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.” — Dale Evans
“I have high blood sugars, and Type 2 diabetes is not going to kill me. But I just have to eat right, and exercise, and lose weight, and watch what I eat, and I will be fine for the rest of my life.” — Tom Hanks
“People with high blood pressure, diabetes — those are conditions brought about by lifestyle. If you change the lifestyle, those conditions will leave.” — Dick Gregory
“In addition to reducing cancer risk, physical exercise helps prevent heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other conditions. Physical activity is also a key factor in the prevention of overweight and obesity, both of which increase the risk of several cancers.” — Margaret Cuomo
“Diabetes taught me discipline.” — Sonia Sotomayor
“People are increasingly realising that what they eat is important. You can’t put junk food in your body and be healthy. All sorts of problems can develop, like diabetes, heart disease, obesity, strokes. Gardening not only helps with exercise and mental health, but it can improve diet as well.” — Monty Don
“The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.” — David Suzuki
“If we want to get diabetes under control, we have to get our diets under control.” — Eric Adams
“Diabetes is a serious illness that touches the lives of so many of our family members, friends and communities, and we must do all that we can to raise the awareness of this disease.” — John Bel Edwards
“Diabetes is a silent killer and awareness about the same is certainly lacking, hence I felt there was a need for me to get involved and assist in creating the required awareness.” — Anil Kumble
“My diabetes is such a central part of my life… it did teach me discipline… it also taught me about moderation… I’ve trained myself to be super-vigilant… because I feel better when I am in control.” — Sonia Sotomayor
“The way to deal with the devil of obesity and diabetes is literally one day at a time.” — Stephen Furst
“If you don’t have the necessary inner balance, leadership can demolish you. Today, if you are a CEO by the time you are 35, you must have ulcers. By 45, you must have diabetes. By 55, you must have had a bypass. People say they have had three bypasses, as if it is a qualification.” — Jaggi Vasudev
“Unhealthy eating habits cause major health problems, such as diabetes and heart disease, and can also lead to food insecurity, disrupted eating patterns, and low self-esteem.” — Matt Cartwright
“Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely preventable by making comprehensive lifestyle changes. Without drugs or surgery.” — Dean Ornish
“Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now – a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today.” — Mary Tyler Moore
“Children with obesity and diabetes live harder poorer lives, they often don’t finish school and earn much less than their healthy counterparts.” — Mark Hyman
“An Asian way of eating and living may help prevent and even reverse the progression of coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, prostate cancer and breast cancer. Incorporate more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, soy products and fish in your diet. Eat at home more with your family and friends.” — Dean Ornish
“Diabetes is a disease that’s had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure.” — Izabel Goulart
“Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.” — Xavier Becerra
“Stress exacerbates any problem, whether it’s diabetes, heart trouble, MS, or whatever.” — Mary Ann Mobley
“Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.” — Elaine Stritch
“If you can contribute 45 minutes – one hour a day a week exercising, you’re going to be a healthy person. You can cut down on diabetes and all of these manmade problems we have.” — Mehcad Brooks
“I am a type-2 diabetic, and they took me off medication simply because I ate right and exercised. Diabetes is not like a cancer, where you go in for chemo and radiation. You can change a lot through a basic changing of habits.” — Sherri Shepherd
“Obesity puts our children at risk of developing serious diseases – such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and depression. It keeps our children from performing their best at school.” — Kirsten Gillibrand
“Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it.” — John Ratzenberger
“Obesity and diabetes are growing threats. One in four kids have either pre-diabetes or diabetes – what I like to call diabesity. How did this happen?” — Mark Hyman
“I chalk up the fact that I got diabetes to my body saying, ‘Dude, you have been doing wrong for way too long!'” — Randy Jackson
“The public needs to know – they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.” — Barry Manilow
“When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.” — Mary Tyler Moore
“My doctor said, ‘If you can weigh what you weighed in high school, you’ll essentially be healthy and not have Type 2 diabetes.’ Well, I’m gonna have Type 2 diabetes, because there is no way I can weigh as much as I did in high school.” — Tom Hanks
“I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check.” — Halle Berry
“When I first found out I had diabetes I denied it.” — Nell Carter
“We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise.” — Mike Rogers
“Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate.” — Lee Haney
“There are people who could watch a hurricane like Sandy blow out of the Atlantic every other day and blame it on anything but human activity. They are like those who, having been diagnosed with diabetes, eat donuts for breakfast. There’s not much to do about them.” — Michael Specter
“Diabetes is a great example whereby, giving the patient the tools, you can manage yourself very well.” — Clayton M. Christensen
“When I was young, my parents were these titanic, infallible figures. But Mum’s illness and Dad’s battles with diabetes and heart attacks had a ripple effect on me – reminding me of my own mortality and that these illnesses are genetic.” — Sam Worthington
“I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy – and I had to deal with that reality or die.” — Stephen Furst
“Food is being purposefully formulated to addict you. Then it is purposefully marketed, targeted to young children to addict them at an early age. This is unethical, right? This is immoral, particularly when you see the results of it which is this world-wide epidemic of diabetes and obesity.” — Laurie David
“When my parents died, they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases, one being diabetes. I became a diabetic at 17 and went on this road of kind of self-destruction, eating-wise, until I was 40.” — Stephen Furst
“Issues like obesity do, as you well know, have a knock-on effect to diabetes. So we all are better off if we invest early in prevention.” — Jacinda Ardern
“Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me to tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.” — Charlie Kimball
“I was raised on pork… steak, chicken, everything… And everyone in my family pretty much of the older generation has diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer.” — Mya
“You can live with diabetes. It’s not the worst thing to have, but you have to manage yourself and have some self control.” — Tony Rock
“Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.” — Zong Qinghou
“The beautiful thing about having family that has diabetes is knowing what not to do. I got an uncle that thinks insulin is supposed to enable him to eat cake.” — Damon Wayans
“There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.” — Vikram Patel
“I had gross morning sickness til about 15 weeks and then gestational diabetes, and most annoyingly, from about week 20, I had pelvis issues, which saw me on crutches for the last five weeks of the pregnancy and has since developed into full-blown Osteitis Pubis and pelvic instability.” — Zoe Foster Blake
“Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a very scary thing, and it can easily make your life stand still for a moment.” — Charlie Kimball
“The ultimate goal is to have a pill that can prevent or reverse all diseases of aging. The major diseases that I’d like to tackle are heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cancer.” — David Andrew Sinclair
“Racing is what I live for, and it makes my world go around. Having said that, without the support of the diabetes community, I may not have gotten back into the race car after my diagnosis in October 2007.” — Charlie Kimball
“My blood sugar went out of control. Diabetes runs in my family, so I went to see my doctor. He was like, ‘Buck up,’ and it was sort of the wake-up call that I needed to hear.” — Nia Vardalos
“Addiction is a disease like anything else. It’s like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes.” — David Sheff
“We need to go after cancer, diabetes, climate change, the substantive problems of the world that, if solved, would create immense wealth and opportunity that would cascade across countries.” — Chamath Palihapitiya
“I’m well aware of the health dangers of an expanding waistline and belly fat: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, even cancer.” — Denise Austin
“Creating healthy habits at work could reduce the impact of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and more.” — Joshua Rosenthal
“For those with health conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, the rising cost of lifesaving medications is straining budgets, fueling undue stress, and forcing them to make difficult decisions.” — Abigail Spanberger
“I don’t want folks with pre-existing medical conditions – like asthma and diabetes – to be denied health care. I sure don’t want to see our grandparents paying more for prescription drugs and women paying more just because of their gender.” — Andy Beshear
“My plant-based diet is the No. 1 reason that my diabetes was put into remission.” — Eric Adams
“If someone is told they have depression or addiction, why don’t we allow them the same compassion and time for healing as if they were diagnosed with high blood pressure or diabetes? These are all illnesses for which treatment exists and recovery is possible.” — Leana S. Wen
“It’s important people don’t let it sneak up on them and overtake them. Make sure that you regularly check and get screened for diabetes.” — Rev. Run
“Even very low-income communities are seeing rising rates of obesity, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease as a result. But many countries lack the tax revenue and medical infrastructure to treat such conditions, leading to a burgeoning global-health crisis.” — Annie Lowrey
“Me with diabetes, when I talk about it, it lifts people up. When I talk about how people need to take their insulin shots, it make people go take their shots. My words is like a damn preacher.” — Boosie
“My grandmother passed away from diabetes. And my father died from heart disease as a result of diabetes. They were in their early 60s.” — Alvin Leung
“People suffering from cancer, or diabetes, or asthma or any other preexisting condition shouldn’t have to live in fear of losing their coverage or seeing their premiums go through the roof.” — Conor Lamb
“Watching my dad manage his diabetes, I know firsthand the impact that the disease can have.” — Rev. Run
“One of the common conditions on both sides of my families is diabetes.” — Liza Soberano
“We have equated a cancer diagnosis to ‘death,’ but we look at diabetes as ‘something that you get when you get older.’ But look at diabetes – it’s the leading cause of limb amputation, heart disease, kidney failure. Many people don’t equate diabetes with these other destructive things. I didn’t equate it to those until I started reading about it.” — Eric Adams
“I don’t want to come down and end up having diabetes. I want to talk to people about it and I want to take care of myself, and as I take care of myself, I want people to get the message and take care of themselves.” — Rev. Run
“Addiction is a disease, just like diabetes and heart disease.” — Leana S. Wen
“I think people believe that Bengaluru as a city will be more aware because of its cosmopolitan nature. However, I don’t think that is necessarily true. Not many people today are even aware that they may have diabetes.” — Anil Kumble
“My dad is not an alcoholic but has a chronic liver disorder along with heavy diabetes.” — Antara Mali
“Chen Mack has been a leader in saving lives for decades. From helping the uninsured get health care to running the leading diabetes nonprofit foundation in Guam, Chen is relentless in her pursuit to give back. She is passionate about people and about her work in giving the gift of health.” — Randi Zuckerberg
“I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I didn’t expect was that so many people I saw would be struggling with loneliness.” — Vivek Murthy

440 Quotes on Staying Healthy and Preventing Diseases

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