Illness Quotes · Page 10

I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“In an electro-magnetic radiation (EMR) society, we all have a certain level of insanity.”

— Steven Magee

He was better than any drug, any remedy for her illness.

— Maya Banks

Time to Talk is all about tackling taboos and getting the nation talking about mental health.

— Luciana Berger

Living with mental illness is not a choice and can lead to debilitating circumstances.

— Jessica Mulroney

Depression is a treatable medical illness like cancer and heart disease.

— Judith Peacock

Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.

— Fran Drescher

The soul is innocent and immortal, it should never die ungodly in an armed madhouse.

— Allen Ginsberg

'Psychotherapy' is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing.

— Thomas Szasz

“-Speaking about Vaccinations - "If you accept the truth after the fact, the pain will last a life time.”

— Richard Diaz

I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have,…

— Leslie Marmon Silko

“Wherever you go in the next catastrophé Be it sickroom, or prison, or cemet’ry Do not fear that your stay will be…

— Roman Payne

I don't like psychiatry. I don't believe it works. I believe psychiatrists are neurotic or psychotic, for the most part.

— Kirstie Alley

“Keats was getting a reputation just when he was too ill to appreciate it or build on it: his country was taking…

— Jude Morgan

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.

— Jim Rohn

I know what mental illness looks like, and I know that if a person is not ready to get help, they won't.

— Jenifer Lewis

Yes, I talk about eating disorders and you know, excessive dieting and excessive exercising can be a sign of a mental illness...…

— Sophie Gregoire Trudeau

If you look at it on just a very cold scale, corporations and the government do not care about the poor. So…

— Mr. Lif

The madhouse is in a lot of places, not just a hospital, not just a palace, but also a pattern woven from…

— Anonymous

His impression was that he had been imprisoned in a shelter deep down in the underworld of his personality, listening and biding…

— Christer Kihlman

He hated it when adults told him he only felt the way he did because he was young. As if being young…

— Cory Doctorow

There are almost no limits to the discoveries of how the human brain operates in illness and health, in sleep and waking…

— Max Lerner

“I cannot defeat cancer. Nobody defeats cancer. There is no winning or losing. There is no surviving or not surviving. There are…

— Sherman Alexie

Soul loss is regarded as the most serious diagnosis and the single greatest cause of premature death or serious illness by the…

— Deepak Chopra

Everyone had some defect, or body or of mind: he thought of all the people he had known (the whole world was…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Qualities of a Good Nurse: Go," I said. "1. Doesn't pun on your disability," Isaac said. "2. Gets blood on the first…

— John Green

We achieve active mastery over illness and death by delegating all responsibility for their management to physicians, and by exiling the sick…

— Thomas Szasz

A child in its greed for love does not enjoy having to share the affection of its parents with its brothers and…

— Sigmund Freud

“So much in a relationship changes when a partner is seriously ill, helpless yet blameless, and indefatigably needy. I felt old. [p.…

— Diane Ackerman

Frank W. Woolworth once told me that the turning-point in his career did not come until he was thrown flat on his…

— B. C. Forbes

Time mellows people as it mellows wine, as long as the grapes are good. You may set out to be a businesswoman…

— Barbara Johnson

“My words to Anna, as we stood contemplating the Scuola Grande di San Marco, moments before entering Venice Hospital, came true: 'With…

— Diogo Mainardi

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

— Michael Landon

The finest minds, like the finest metals, dissolve the easiest.

— Alexander Pope

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

— Herodotus

After a century of studying schizophrenia, the cause of the disorder remains unknown.

— Thomas R. Insel

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don't feel bad about it.

— Lady Gaga

We swung between madness and suicide ... it was beautiful!

— Gustave Flaubert

Neurology and psychiatry should be treating the same organ.

— Alice Weaver Flaherty

The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness.

— Arlen Specter