Quotes tagged ‘disease’

(38 total)

“A world in which self-care has to be such a trendy topic is a world that is sick.”

“One of the scariest parts of an epidemic that has no clear endpoint like the one we're experiencing is feeling like we can't control our own lives or bodies. Disease is random, and that can feel scary.”

— Brittney McNamara, teenvogue.com

“It's okay, it's not your fault. It's a disease.”

— Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Ally Campana, Lady GaGa, imdb.com

“The last time I had to track someone down was to tell Desi Arnaz he gave me the clap.”

— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Joel Maisel, Michael Zegen, imdb.com

“I want cholera!”

— Steven Banks, Carl Wheezer, Rob Paulsen, imdb.com

“I do all my little puzzles. I do crosswords. I'm lifting weights. I am doing everything that I have read will help to stave off the progression of this disease. Stave it off! There's no cure. And so when I am in the middle of something and suddenly my mind just leaves the premises, there are no word…”

— Adam Robitel, Gsvin Heffernan, Deborah Logan, Jill Larson, imdb.com

“The only disease that can survive in our bloodstreams is alcoholism.”

— Callie Khouri, Caro Eliza Bennett, Maggie Smith, imdb.com

“Donger's here for five hours, and he's got somebody. I live here my whole life, and I'm like a disease.”

— John Hughes, Samantha, Molly Ringwald, imdb.com

“Crime's the disease, meet the cure. Okay, not the cure, but more like a topical ointment to reduce the swelling and itch. Hi, Tom!”

— Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds, imdb.com

“Rebecca Adler: I just want to die with a little dignity. Dr. Gregory House: There's no such thing! Our bodies break down, sometimes when we're 90, sometimes before we're even born, but it always happens and there's never any dignity in it! I don't care if you can walk, see, wipe your own ass... it's…”

— David Shore, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, imdb.com

“Whoa. Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, I'm not getting a disease. Are you kidding me? Especially one I didn't have any fun catching.”

— Constance M. Burge, Evan Lawson, Paulo Costanzo, imdb.com

“You think that sex is about fun and games and love? Wrong! Sex is about disease.”

— Trey Parker, Miss Choksondik, Trey Parker, imdb.com

“Gladys Kravitz: [talking about Samantha] I bet she has some strange disease, and we could catch it. Abner, you wanna wake up with something strange? Abner Kravitz: I've been doing that for twenty years. Why change now?”

— Paul Wayne, Gladys Kravitz, Alice Pearce, imdb.com

“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed—chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns, or magnificent bole backbones. Few that fell trees plant them; nor would planting avail much tow…”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“In the vocabulary of certain radical theorists contradictions are given the status of some deadly disease to which their opponents alone can succumb. But contradictions are the very stuff of life. If there had been a little dash of contradiction among the Gadarene swine some of them might have been…”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

“In the last few weeks, there has been talk of causes, cures, and civil rights. The proposed remedies are many. Their efficacy is uncertain. The truth is, it seems to me, that there is no one solution, but there are many solutions. Our cities are beset by a multitude of ills, which can be cured only…”

— Walter Mondale, moses.law.umn.edu

“Now remember, boys: Flies spread disease. So keep yours closed.”

— E. Max Frye, George Luz, Rick Gomez, imdb.com

“I've got demon blood in me, Dean. This disease pumping through my veins and I can't ever rip it out or scrub it clean. I'm a whole new level of freak! And I'm just trying to take this—this curse...and make something good out of it. Because I have to.”

— Ben Edlund, Cathryn Humphris, Sam Winchester, Jared Padalecki, imdb.com

“We've managed to slip evolution's leash now, haven't we? We can cure any disease, keep even the weakest of us alive, and, you know, one fine day perhaps we shall even resurrect the dead. Call forth Lazarus from his cave. Do you know what that means? It means that we're done. That this is as good as…”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“What disease do you have if you're great at making cocktails, but terrible at stealing tambourines? Parkinsons.”

— palmerry, reddit.com