Alzheimer's Quotes

• You get the health benefits of coffee up through about the first twenty-four ounces. It's the biggest source of antioxidants for Americans, and we think it helps prevent Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as well.

  Mehmet Oz

  Coffee, Thinking, Alzheimer's

  "16 Quick Questions for Dr. Oz" by Mehmet Oz and Joel Harper, www.esquire.com. October 4, 2007.

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• Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges

  Judy Collins

  Alzheimer's, Forget Everything, Funny Irish

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• Caring for an Alzheimer's patient is a situation that can utterly consume the lives and well-being of the people giving care, just as the disorder consumes its victims.

  Leeza Gibbons

  Caring, Alzheimer's, People

  "Leeza Gibbons: Star in the World of Alzheimer’s Caregiving" by Marie Marley, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2016.

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• I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease. . .. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead.

  Ronald Reagan

  Sunset, Journey, Alzheimer's

  Letter to the American people, 5 Nov. 1994

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• You know, people get frustrated because their loved ones who have Alzheimer's, oh, he doesn't recognize me anymore, how can I recognize this person, if they don't recognize me? They're not the same person. Well, they are the same person, but they've got a brain disease. And it's not their fault they've got this disease.

  Ron Reagan

  Alzheimer's, People, Frustrated

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• I often hear people say that a person suffering from Alzheimer's is not the person they knew. I wonder to myself - Who are they then?

  Bob DeMarco

  Alzheimer's, People, Suffering

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• The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move, yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.

  David Suzuki

  Cancer, Moving, Heart

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• Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer's disease.

  Pat Summitt

  Fighting, Alzheimer's, Competition

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• I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us understand the disease and guide us in the care of my grandmother. It's been a privilege to meet so many people with dementia.

  Carey Mulligan

  Grandmother, Alzheimer's, People

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• My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.

  Patti Davis

  Father, Thinking, Alzheimer's

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• Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

  Patti Davis

  Alzheimer's, Doors, Locks

  Patti Davis (2004). “The Long Goodbye”, Knopf

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• The best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I've got Alzheimer's.

  Terry Pratchett

  Alzheimer's, Alzheimer, Best Things

  "'The best thing I ever did was stand up and say I have Alzheimer's': Terry Pratchett speaks to Fiona Phillips". www.mirror.co.uk. November 14, 2012.

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• Every thought you think and every word you speak is affirming something.

  Louise Hay

  Thoughtful, Thinking, Alzheimer's

  Louise Hay (2011). “21 Days to Master Affirmations”, p.7, Hay House, Inc

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• It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases - one was Alzheimers, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimers.

  Terry Pratchett

  Alzheimer's, Disease And Death, Two

  "'A butt of my own jokes': Terry Pratchett on the disease that finally claimed him" by Terry Pratchett, www.theguardian.com. March 14, 2015.

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• Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Inspiration, Men, Alzheimer's

  Lacon Vol. I, Ch. 324

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• Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.

  Michael Milken

  Cancer, Alzheimer's, Disease

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• Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.

  David Hyde Pierce

  Alzheimer's, Aggravation, Grandfather

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• Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.

  Bill Jenkins

  Alzheimer's, Battle, Finals

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• People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy.

  Amy Tan

  Mother, Thinking, Alzheimer's

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• I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories.

  George Carlin

  Memories, Thinking, Alzheimer's

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell research, diseases that touch every family in America and in the world.

  Rosa DeLauro

  Cancer, Alzheimer's, Cells

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• In Wisconsin, We're at the forefront of research that might one day bring cures for diseases like Parkinsons and Alzheimers, and we must seize its great potential.

  Jim Doyle

  Alzheimer's, One Day, Research

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• Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective.

  Patti Davis

  Father, Alzheimer's, Cells

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• Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Motivational, Truth, Honesty

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.165, Harvard University Press

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• The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

  Sigmund Freud

  Leadership, Alzheimer's, Water

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