Breast Cancer Quotes - Page 6

• I used to be a lawyer and I quit the practice of law to start writing and one of the reasons that I did that was I had an older sister who was too sick, who had breast cancer and it just got me to this moment of really looking at my life and saying what do I really want to do? What is really going to make me happy? Do I want to be sixty-five years old looking back and regretting not ever having taken the chance or the risk?

  David Hudgins

  Regret, Cancer, Taken

  Source: www.movieweb.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My mum [who has breast cancer] is a fighter. I've got that from her, I know she's a fighter.

  Naomi Campbell

  Cancer, Fighter, Mum

  8 Copy quote

• I laughed more in the hospital than I ever have in my life, making fun of all the weird things that were happening to me.

  Christina Applegate

  Fun, Cancer, Weird Things

  "Christina Applegate's Life After Breast Cancer" by Monica Corcoran, www.womenshealthmag.com. September 19, 2013.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Brands must have a point of view on that purposeful engagement, whether it's directed towards the environment, poverty, water as a resource or causes such as breast cancer or education. Merely declaring your commitment to a category or cause will not be enough the distinguish your brand sufficiently to see a return on these well-intended efforts.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Cancer, Commitment, Views

  8 Copy quote

• 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

  Beautiful, Daughter, Mother

  5 Copy quote

• 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

  Cancer, Winter, Boys

  Ann Romney (2015). “In This Together: My Story”, p.161, Macmillan

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Having cancer does make you try to be better at everything you do and enjoy every moment. It changes you forever. But it can be a positive change.

  Jaclyn Smith

  Cancer, Forever, Trying

  7 Copy quote

• Men get it. I think us men need you women to help us survive.

  Peter Criss

  Cancer, Men, Thinking

  7 Copy quote

• Be a tough-minded optimist.

  Frosty Westering

  Cancer, Tough, American Football

  20 Copy quote

• Sometimes, you know, I cry. And sometimes I scream. And I get really angry. And I get really upset, you know, into wallowing in self-pity sometimes. And I think that it's all part of the healing.

  Christina Applegate

  Cancer, Healing, Thinking

  "EXCLUSIVE: Applegate Underwent Breast Removal to Stop Cancer". Interview with Brian O'keefe, Lee Ferran, abcnews.go.com. August 19, 2008.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated.

  Anne Wojcicki

  Cancer, Breasts, Treated

  5 Copy quote

• Don't sit around playing Mr. Tough Guy. Don't say 'It's going to go away'... It's just important - just go get checked out. It's not like you're going to lose your manhood.

  Peter Criss

  Cancer, Guy, Important

  "Original KISS drummer celebrates surviving breast cancer". Interview with Madison Park, edition.cnn.com. October 15, 2009.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Now if I go through it again, I think I would be a lot more open about it. I admire people who have been open like Melissa Ethridge and women I see walking around facing it without wigs and all of that stuff. I think I would be more courageous next time.

  Kathy Bates

  Cancer, Thinking, People

  4 Copy quote

• 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

  Cancer, Eye, Trying

  16 Copy quote

• Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said - "I guess it's my turn."

  Nancy Reagan

  Cancer, Examination, Hearing

  5 Copy quote

• But when this happens to you - and I think other people would identify with this - suddenly, colors are brighter. You see everything.

  Lynn Redgrave

  Cancer, Thinking, Color

  4 Copy quote

• I'm happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me. I feel absolutely great and I am raring to go.

  Carly Fiorina

  Cancer, Radiation, Chemotherapy

  6 Copy quote

• I know so many people who have battled breast cancer and they didn't all make it.

  Elizabeth Hurley

  Cancer, People, Breasts

  4 Copy quote

• There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection.

  Ann Jillian

  Cancer, Breasts, Detection

  44 Copy quote

• I heard those words that every woman fears and never wants to hear, 'You have breast cancer.

  Joan Lunden

  Cancer, Want, Heard

  "Joan Lunden Opens Up About Cancer Battle and Losing Her Hair" by Michael Rothman, abcnews.go.com. September 24, 2014.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Someone like me shouldnt be diagnosed with breast cancer, thats what was going through my mind. I wasnt thinking about a diagnosis. I was just doing what I was supposed to do, which was staying on top of my mammograms. It was a shock.

  Sheryl Crow

  Cancer, Thinking, Mind

  4 Copy quote

• I didn't even think of my breasts in a nostalgic way, I just wanted to be able to live my life without that fear all the time. It's not 'pity me', it's a decision I made that's got rid of this weight that I was carrying around.

  Sharon Osbourne

  Cancer, Thinking, Decision

  "Sharon Osbourne reveals she had preventive double mastectomy" by Lizzy Davies, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2012.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.

  Susan Sontag

  Cancer, Disease, Patient

  Susan Sontag (1979). “Illness as metaphor”, Vintage

  52 Copy quote

  Show source

• The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Courage, Cancer, Grief

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.67, BookBaby

  11 Copy quote

  Show source

• I feel more inspired than ever, and think that I will finally achieve what I have long been wishing for: a balance of work and privacy - a harmony.

  Kylie Minogue

  Inspirational, Cancer, Thinking

  4 Copy quote