1,237 Quotes About Cancer

  • Author Angelina Jolie
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    Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

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  • Author Angelina Jolie
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    For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medical experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices.

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  • Author Cheryl Jensen
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    Vail Valley Medical Center was one of the first big donors. We had to have a spot adjacent to the cancer center and they donated the land.

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  • Author Jerre Jones
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    Last year, the American Cancer Society spent $130 million nationally, with most of the money going into cancer research.

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  • Author Kay Redfield Jamison
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    If people can talk about having breast cancer, why can't people who have mental illness talk about mental illness? Until we're able to do that, we're not going to be treated with the same kind of respect for our diseases as other people.

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  • Author Keyshawn Johnson
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    They'll continue to show it on television, ... They'll show it on ESPN 40 times. They'll say I'm a cancer. The crowd loved it. The fans love it. The producers in the truck love it because it's big news. But to us, it's a joke.

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  • Author Linton Kwesi Johnson
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    Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.

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