Quotes on Illness

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.

Author: Richard Codey

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.

Author: Mason Cooley

They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.

Author: Hans Eysenck

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.

Author: Sigmund Freud

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.

Author: Annette Funicello

My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.

Author: Mary Garden

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

Author: Karl Kraus

I was diagnosed with the illness right before the 1995 World Cup.

Author: Jonah Lomu

Factions are a sign of illness in a party.

Author: Ernest Mandel

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove that anybody has an illness, and I'd concede, but there is no physical proof.

Author: Kate Millett

I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.

Author: Dennis Potter

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

Author: Albert Schweitzer

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

Author: George Shaw

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.

Author: Tony Snow

Cases of sickness made up a very small percentage which in my opinion was normal. However, propaganda pamphlets dropped from aircraft were telling the workers to feign illness, and detailed instructions were given to them on how to do it.

Author: Albert Speer

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.

Author: Polly Toynbee

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

Author: Anthony Trollope

Quotes on Illness

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.

The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy.

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away.

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.

They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young.

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.

My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy.

I was diagnosed with the illness right before the 1995 World Cup.

Factions are a sign of illness in a party.

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove that anybody has an illness, and I'd concede, but there is no physical proof.

I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself.

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.

Cases of sickness made up a very small percentage which in my opinion was normal. However, propaganda pamphlets dropped from aircraft were telling the workers to feign illness, and detailed instructions were given to them on how to do it.

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.