“People refer to 'the good ol' days', but I don't know what they're talking about. As someone who's battled cancer, if I lived more than 20 years ago, I'd be a dead man.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenYearsTalkingYears AgoCancerDead ManGood Ol Days Author:Lance Armstrong
“We say that one gets cancer, or a cold, or kidney disease. One would never think to say that one is cancer. But we say that one is depressed, or bipolar, or schizophrenic. A disease of the body is a condition. But a disease of the mind, we think, is a state of being. We no longer believe, as we did 250 years ago, that the mentally ill are animals, but we are not yet ready to grant that they are fully human either.” ThinkingYearsMindBelieveHumansStatesBodyAnimalConditionsReadyColdDiseaseYears AgoIllCancerGrantsBipolarKidneysSchizophrenicMentally IllKidney Disease Author:Paul Gruchow
“I lost my mother two years ago to cancer. But the greatest gift she gave to me was showing me how to be a wonderful and loving mom to my two sons, even now that they are grown men.” MenYearsTwoMotherLostWonderfulSonMomYears AgoCancerTwo YearsGreatest GiftsGrown ManTwo Years Ago Author:Carla Hall
“We're told cars cause pollution. A hundred years ago city streets were ankle deep in horse excrement. What kind of pollution do you want? Would you rather die of cancer at eighty or typhoid fever at nine?” WantYearsKindDiesCausesCitiesStreetsCarYears AgoHorseCancerLibertarianNinePollutionEightyFeverAnklesCity StreetsOld CarTyphoid Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“My brother died of cancer two years ago (1998), renal cell carcinoma. He was my only real brother and I didn't know what to do. I'd never been so desperate in my life.” KnowsYearsTwoRealBrotherYears AgoDiedCancerCellsMy BrotherDesperateTwo YearsTwo Years AgoBrother DiedMy Brother Died Author:Quincy Jones
“I lost my wife Barbara to cancer few years ago. I would give whatever time I have left to spend one more day with her.” GivingYearsLostLeftWifeYears AgoCancerMy WifeBarbaraOne More Day Author:W. P. Kinsella
“Our bodies are critical. If I learned anything from getting really bad cancer seven years ago, it's that your body is what you've got. If you don't take care of it, you're not going to be here.” IfsYearsBodyCareYears AgoSevenCancerCriticalTake CareYour BodySeven Years Author:Eve Ensler
“Suicidal thinking, if serious, can be a kind of death scare, comparable to suffering a heart attack or undergoing a cancer operation. One survives such a phase both warier and chastened. When-ten years ago-I emerged from a bad dip into suicidal speculation, I felt utterly exhausted and yet quite fearless of ordinary dangers, vastly afraid of myself but much less scared of extraneous eventualities.” IfsThinkingYearsHeartKindSufferingFeltDangerSeriousTenOrdinaryYears AgoCancerScaredFearlessOperationsScarePhasesExhaustedSuicidalSpeculationDipHeart Attack Book:Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life Source: Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life
“We're told cars are wasteful. Wasteful of what? Oil did a lot of good sitting in the ground for millions of years. We're told cars should be replaced with mass transportation. But it's hard to reach the drive-through window at McDonald's from a speeding train. And we're told cars cause pollution. A hundred years ago city streets were ankle deep in horse excrement. What kind of pollution do you want? Would you rather die of cancer at eighty or typhoid fever at nine?” WantShouldYearsKindHardDiesCausesCitiesLibertyMillionsStreetsCarMassHundredSittingYears AgoWindowHorseTrainCancerOilLibertarianNineLibertarianismPollutionReplacedEightyFeverTransportationMcdonaldsAnklesSpeedingCity StreetsOld CarTyphoid Author:P. J. O'Rourke