When something enters your life that is so big and so non-negotiable as catastrophic illness, you either go in denial for a… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
He gave life to the breath- oxygen, a simple gas, he transferred into words, ideas, hope. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Ironic that in order to do my life's work, I had to quit my day job. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“Don't worry about him," Nana would assure them. "Michael will do more in his life than you can ever imagine.” — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“Some of the best friends you'll ever meet in your life, you'll meet though your children--mothers and fathers of their friends, parents… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Life is what you put into it and how much you take out of it. You put in more than is expected,… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“Going public was a difficult decision, and I had misgivings. My subjective experience was now an objective fact in the wider world.… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“It is one of the great ironies of my life that only when it became virtually impossible for me to keep my… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“It never occurred to me that any of these pleasures were a reward for being a pretty good kid, any more than… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
My age makes me think how valuable life is. How bad is something like Parkinson's in relation to not having life at… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
When life takes away, something of greater value is always given in return. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Life is good, and there's no reason to think it won't be--right up until the moment when everything explodes into a fireball… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“Explaining how the two of them, up there in the Green Mountains, had managed to dial down life's urgencies and dial up… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
The way I look at life, and the way I look at the reality of Parkinson's, is that sometimes it's frustrating and… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I don't subscribe to any particular doctrine or ideology. I just think that there's kind of a good and bad, the good… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
The story is a testament to the consolations that get me through and give meaning to every area of my life — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
There's a rule in acting called, 'Don't play the result.' If you have a character who's going to end up in a… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky.… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I think there's a God and I know it's not me. I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
After all that I'd been through, after all that I'd learned and all that I'd been given, I was going to do what I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“I saw, during the midterm campaign of 2006, how difficult it was for opponents of stem cell research to run against hope. And so… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that the quality of a moment in time is not always a reflection of the moment in and of itself—what… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
With Parkinson's, it's like you're in the middle of the street and you're stuck there in cement shoes and you know a bus is… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
“They have hopes and dreams that may echo or overlap your own. And there's no reason why you can't make room for them. But… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those… — Michael J. Fox Copy Share Image
