Polio Quotes

45 Polio quotes by 37 unique authors

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea. — David Alan Grier
Childhood vaccines are one of the great triumphs of modern medicine. Indeed, parents whose children are vaccinated no longer have to worry about their child's… — Ezekiel Emanuel
Polio has not been eradicated by vaccination, it is lurking behind a redefinition and new diagnostic names like viral or aseptic meningitis.......According to one of… — Viera Scheibner
Sport can be used for messaging, for example, making the connections between shin guards or a helmet that protects you, and protection in terms of… — Carol Bellamy
I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a… — Francis Ford Coppola
When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed… — Francis Ford Coppola
Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the… — Naveen Jain
If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism. — Jenny McCarthy
I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20… — Jack Nicklaus
A deranged person is supposed to have the strength of ten men. I have the strength of one small boy... with polio. — Woody Allen
Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History… — Sarah Vowell
You are suffering from an ailment that affects ladies of romantic imaginations. Symptoms include fainting, weariness, loss of appetite, low spirits. While on one level… — Diane Setterfield
Fear is the polio of the soul which prevents our walking by faith. — Clarence Jordan
Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn't live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the thought of eating… — David Sedaris
There are cases where government-to-government aid actually has worked. Look at the eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio. But these are really… — Jacqueline Novogratz
I consider myself incredibly lucky to live and work in places like Canada and the U.S. where polio no longer threatens to rob the livelihoods… — Ksenia Solo
In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still. — Ziggy Marley
Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas. — Bill Gates
When I was a child, there were not that many vaccines. I was vaccinated for polio. I actually got measles as a child. I got… — Anthony Fauci
I went to several different grade schools all over the West Coast. I got polio when I was 8 and spent eight months in the… — Dennis Washington

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