Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. - David D Burns Wouldn't it be great,as Scott Peck suggests, if all medical students had to undergo the symptoms and feeling of a spectrum of illnesses. From acute infections to terminal cancer - and Kuru, the laughing sickness. Just a month for each exposure, controlled of course, and a good heavy dose of excruciating pain. So they'll know what that feels like. - William S Burroughs You all know I have terminal cancer-and I have a lot of it. But what you may not know is that stress induces its spread and induces its activity. Stress may even bring it on. Yet stress is the fuel of the activist. - Tom Mccall My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it. - Arabella Weir

People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It's just that people haven't known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer. - Eric Davis Don't ask a writer what he's working on. It's like asking someone with cancer on the progress of his disease. - Amy Lowell

Since I came to the White House, I've gotten two hearing aids, had a colon operation, a prostate operation, skin cancer, and I've been shot...damn thing is, I've never felt better. - Ronald Reagan The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert. - Ernest Hemingway 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 The indignity of having to wear suntan lotion pales in comparison to getting skin cancer. - Jarod Kintz The only thing brighter than the sun is mankind's future. Oh, and I guess there are other stars that are brighter than the sun, but still, mankind's fut...

I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general. - Herbie Mann

Although awareness of cancer's prevalence in the United States improves and medical advances in the field abound, pancreatic cancer has largely been absent from the list of major success stories. - Chris Van Hollen I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer. - Patrick Swayze

I was very surprised when last I bought a packet of cigarettes and had to request a refund as I read a warning that told me "smoking can cause fatal lung cancer". - Robert Clark This is the story of how Dad lived with his lung cancer. But it is much more. Through his illness and the miracles we experienced, I came to see that Dad's was not just a journey. It was a journey home. Home to God. - Joseph M Hanneman Now I'm being blamed not only for anorexia but for lung cancer. - On being a social smoker. - Kate Moss It doesn't bother me ," I said. "If you don't mind looking forty years old and twenty, smelling like an ashtray, and getting lung cancer, why should I? - Michelle Hodkin Saying sulfates do not cause acid rain is the same as saying that smoking does not cause lung cancer. - Drew Lewis I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors. - Barry Lyga ...lung cancer incidence in men increased dramatically in the 1950s as a r...

Nothing I did contributed to me having cancer, so I can't sit back and say, 'Oh why me.' Why not me? Why does tragedy always have to hit someone else? - Eric Davis Agustus asked if I wanted to go with him to Support Group, but I was really tired from my busy day of Having Cancer, so I passed. - John Green That was the worst part about having cancer, sometimes: The physical evidence of disease separates you from other people. - John Green

My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it. - Sarah Polley once,a boy told a girl : i will stay with you forever, little did she know that his forever is only three months because..he died of cancer! - Amal Sagheer My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it. - Arabella Weir

It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball. - Charles Barkley Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food. - Mario Batali

If a black doctor discovers a cure for cancer, ain't no hospital going to lock him out. - Jesse Jackson Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer. - Warren Beatty I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer. - Cindy Crawford Even though I'm not running anymore, we still have to try to find a cure for cancer. Other people should go ahead and try to do their own thing now. - Terry Fox Christian, you are the state lottery, the cure for cancer, and the three wishes from Aladdin's lamp all rolled into one - James E Rogers Mother says she doesn't need the medication anymore, that the only cure for cancer is having a daughter who won't cut her hair and wears dresses too high above the knee even on a Sunday, because how knows what tackiness I'd do to myself if she died. - Kathryn Stockett You see, I don't know why I did it, he declared as if he had just discovered the cure for cancer. But the only thing he had discovered was ye...

Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia. - Kurt Vonnegut Just deleting vandalism on the Chuck Norris page," Radar said. "For instance, while I do think that Chuck Norris specializes in the roundhouse kick, I don't think it's accurate to say, 'Chuck Norris's tears can cure cancer, but unfortunately he has never cried. - John Green That smile could end wars and cure cancer. - John Green A brick can't cure cancer. But who knows, maybe a brick combined with a blanket could. I'll have to ask Dr. Burzynski about it. - Jarod Kintz I'm telling you, the ingenuity of alcoholics is something else. If only it could be put to some kind of good use. I mean, if you said to an alcoholic, 'Look, the only way for you to get another drink is to cure cancer,' the disease would be history in ...

Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or obtain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth. Being Irish isn't a skill... it's a fucking genetic accident. You wouldn't say I'm proud to be 5'11; I'm proud to have a pre-disposition for colon cancer. - George Carlin 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 I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, 'When are we going to get this thing out?' - Eric Davis For example, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Every four minutes someone is diagnosed, and eve...

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 I have cervical cancer. I'm what they call a DES baby... I have been cancer free for 7 years now... I had it the first time when I was 19 and then it came back a few years later after I went through treatment. - Amy Weber

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 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

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 I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups. - Erika Slezak Both of our daughters, Debbie and Bonnie, are also cancer survivors. - David Wilkerson

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 Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.' - Michael N Castle 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 I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups. - Erika Slezak Me: Well, you see, I, uh, I'm a cancer survivor. Person #1: And how's that working out fo...

I have six sisters and two beautiful daughters - that's eight women who mean the world to me. I support the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Lee National Denim Day because they fund programs that are making huge strides in breast cancer research and support. - Felicity Huffman Before she closed her eyes tonight, Rose said she regretted that she has not done something heroic in her life. Well, it's not like she can suddenly climb a tree and save a cat, or go to medical school and begin some important cancer research. But Rose has been my sister. I think that's heroic. - Lori Lansens Everyone should know that most cancer research is largely a fraud, and that the major cancer research organizations are derelict in their duties to the people who support them. - Linus Pauling Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government red-lining been spent on education and cancer research? It is always squandered. Let's squa...

Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. - David D Burns I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me. - Eric Davis People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage. I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on. But make no mistake: In that moment, I would have been very, very happy to die. - John Green

When I went public with my breast cancer diagnosis six weeks ago, the overwhelming outpouring of love, prayers and support really helped me heal faster. I want to make sure to thank everyone. - Giuliana Rancic I attacked my cancer diagnosis the same way I attack training and competing, and that's pretty fearless. - Eric Shanteau After my cancer diagnosis, I really took my swimming to a new level. - Eric Shanteau

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 I was actually very pleased that they let me do it, because I feel very deeply for breast cancer survivors. I don't have it, but it is in my family. I've always been very aware of it. I go for mammograms and checkups. - Erika Slezak