Michael J. Fox

Quotes

• “The reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, pinched and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for ...”
• “I've dropped my pebble in the ocean, and hopefully; throughout the course of the day; millions of others will drop their...”
• “Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can...”
• “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 had be...”
• “Some of the best friends you'll ever meet in your life, you'll meet though your children--mothers and fathers of their f...”
• “You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to d...”
• “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 c...”
• “Frankly, my height or lack thereof never bothered me much. Although there is no doubt that it has contributed to a certa...”
• “Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right ...”
• “There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the ...”
• “But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similaritie...”
• “Sure, it may be one step forward and two steps back, but after a time with Parkinson's, I've learned that what is import...”
• “Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, a...”
• “I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent be...”
• “One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”
• “I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.”
• “I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.”
• “I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best.”
• “The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective.”
• “You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.”
• “Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved my ass.”
• “What other people think about me is not my business.”
• “Family is not an important thing, it's everything.”
• “Family is not an important thing, it is everything”
• “Family is not an important thing. It's everything.”