--- title: "3 Medication Quotes By Michael J. Fox" description: "3 Medication quotes by Michael J. Fox. Plus more from Michael J. Fox and more Medication sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/michael-j-fox-1653_able_there-are-things-i-ve-always-wanted-to-d_414687.jpg" --- > [There are things I've always wanted to do. Things I may not be able to do, but I never really ruled them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/there-are-things-i-ve-always-wanted-to-do-things-i-may-not-be-able-to/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/michael-j-fox-1653_able_there-are-things-i-ve-always-wanted-to-d_414687.jpg) > [In terms of what happened over that hiatus that I took, I just rested. I spent that time with my family, during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/in-terms-of-what-happened-over-that-hiatus-that-i-took-i-just-rested/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/michael-j-fox-1653_deals_in-terms-of-what-happened-over-that-hiat_1601959.jpg) > [I take the medication for myself so I can transact, not for anyone else. But I am aware that it is empowering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/i-take-the-medication-for-myself-so-i-can-transact-not-for-anyone/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/michael-j-fox-1653_community_i-take-the-medication-for-myself-so-i-ca_2064679.jpg) ## Other authors on Medication - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-temple-grandin-89345.jpg) Temple Grandin 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medication/temple-grandin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kay-redfield-jamison-55816.jpg) Kay Redfield Jamison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medication/kay-redfield-jamison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bobby-helms-18763.jpg) Irving Kirsch 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medication/irving-kirsch/) - [David Lovelace 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medication/david-lovelace/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carrie-fisher-21391.jpg) Carrie Fisher 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/medication/carrie-fisher/) ## More by Michael J. Fox > [If you allow for the possibilities of something better, you move toward it instinctively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/if-you-allow-for-the-possibilities-of-something-better-you-move/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/after-all-that-i-d-been-through-after-all-that-i-d-learned-and-all/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/if-you-asked-my-kids-to-describe-me-they-d-go-through-a-whole-list-of/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/zoos-are-becoming-facsimiles-or-perhaps-caricatures-of-how-animals/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [“I saw, during the midterm campaign of 2006, how difficult it was for opponents of stem cell research to run against hope. And so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/i-saw-during-the-midterm-campaign-of-2006-how-difficult-it-was-for/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [I urge you to be challenged and inspired by what you do not know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/i-urge-you-to-be-challenged-and-inspired-by-what-you-do-not-know/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/one-s-dignity-may-be-assaulted-vandalized-and-cruelly-mocked-but/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/it-seems-to-me-that-the-quality-of-a-moment-in-time-is-not-always-a/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [When I was younger, I was always described as happy-go-lucky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/when-i-was-younger-i-was-always-described-as-happy-go-lucky/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/with-parkinson-s-it-s-like-you-re-in-the-middle-of-the-street-and-you/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/they-have-hopes-and-dreams-that-may-echo-or-overlap-your-own-and/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/i-have-no-choice-about-whether-or-not-i-have-parkinson-s-i-have/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [So what I say about Tracy is this: Tracy's big challenge is not having a Parkinson's patient for a husband. It's having me for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/so-what-i-say-about-tracy-is-this-tracy-s-big-challenge-is-not-having/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [I'm kind of private and I keep things inside a lot, but it's been so wonderful to realize that people care about you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/i-m-kind-of-private-and-i-keep-things-inside-a-lot-but-it-s-been-so/) [Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/) > [I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/i-had-all-the-usual-ambition-growing-up-i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-a/) [Michael J. 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