Quotes About Having Cystic Fibrosis

#1. Do trust have to be earned? Or is it simple a matter of faith?

Nicholas Sparks

#2. I took care of young adults with cystic fibrosis when I was in my residency training and found this to be a disease that was desperately in need of some explanation.

Francis Collins

#3. She was real
She was alive
And she made my heavy black heart lighten with joy.

Tabatha Vargo

#4. My natural mother passed away from cystic fibrosis when I was a toddler, so I feel a great deal of empathy for people who are struggling with disease.

John Lloyd Young

#5. I'd love to paint our roof white - it's so hot down here in Texas! - and I'd love to have a rainwater collection system to save rain runoff for later. I also love to fantasize about keeping chickens in the backyard.

Katherine Center

#6. We've no need to worry about forever. Just today, and tomorrow, and the next.

Rebecca Hahn

#7. My niece was born with cystic fibrosis 15 years ago, and she's incredibly healthy and an incredible competitive dancer, so I'm going to do some events for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

J. R. Bourne

#8. Don't mess with me, Ava," he says smugly, "You should know by now I always win.

Jodi Ellen Malpas

#9. The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.

Russ Feingold

#10. Because it's never really sex until someone squirts.

Ben Monopoli

#11. Personally, I had a close friend with cystic fibrosis. I won't ever forget how he handled himself. In the face of extreme challenges and very harrowing circumstances, he maintained a positive outlook and was just very dignified, even in his suffering.

Max Carver

#12. I don't know what would happen in a fight between a gang of angels and a school of great white sharks but I'm glad I won't be close enough to see it. Since the angels are squarely in the sharks' territory, my bet is with the sharks. Who

Susan Ee

#13. My own area of expertise is the genetics of human disease. I was fortunate to be part of the team that found the genes for cystic fibrosis, and Huntington's disease and neurofibromatosis.

Francis Collins

#14. While there is no cure, cystic fibrosis is so close to being a livable disease. There is a lot of hope.

Max Carver

#15. Criticism of others is futile and if you indulge in it often you should be warned that it can be fatal to your career.

Dale Carnegie

#16. To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.

Dale Murphy

#17. You're in a straight line, buddy-boy, and it doesn't lead anywhere ... except maybe the grave.

Edward Albee