1,237 Quotes About Cancer

Cancer hits home to everybody, ... This was something everyone could really rally behind.

We're all afraid of the same stuff. Mostly we're afraid that we're secretly not okay, that we're disgusting, or frauds, or about to be diagnosed with cancer. ... We want to teach you how to quiet the yammer ... how you can create comfort, inside and outside, how you can get warm, how you can feed yourself. And even learn to get through silence. ... There is a wilderness inside you, and a banquet. Both. [p. 253]

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.

These things are growing like a cancer on our city.

It was an interesting experience because we got to share and spend time with other people who have cancer stories. It was definitely somewhat of an emotional experience.

After Chris' funeral I decided to grow my hair. Then a month later my uncle died of cancer. That was a hard hit to me. At first no one really knew why I was growing out my hair, but as they found out they understood.

Saying sulfates do not cause acid rain is the same as saying that smoking does not cause lung cancer.

If one person decides to get checked for cancer and a life is saved because we met and they heard my story, then it's worth something.

I met 92-year-old Isabelle Thomas in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has fought four different types of cancer and just refuses to give up. She is just one of the dozens of reasons why I'm walking.