Alzheimer's Quotes: top 78 famous quotes about Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's Quotes & Sayings

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I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's. — Terry Pratchett

If you don't have imagination, you stop being human; animals don't have imagination; Alzheimer's is the death of imagination. — Devdutt Pattanaik

We hope we can slow or possibly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's. — Gregory Benford

To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors. — Tia Walker

Well, Chrissy, I'm afraid your grandmother's Irish Alzheimer's has gotten quite advanced - she's forgotten everything but her grudges. — J. Courtney Sullivan

One thing I have no worry about is whether God exists. But it has occurred to me that God has Alzheimer's and has forgotten we exist. — Jane Wagner

They think I don't know what I'm thinking, but I do. — Ron Mayes

The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not even against those who love us. — P.D. James

Today is the best day I could ever have. — Rick Dees

Charlton Heston announced again today that he is suffering from Alzheimer's. — Liz Smith

My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14. — Karolyn Grimes

I lost my mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and we had to relocate my dad after 58 years in the family home. That was tough. — Doug Davidson

A dementia-friendly society is not yet in reach. — Meryl Comer

You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles. — Kevin Whately

Love is blind, there was no doubt about it. In Tara's case it was also deaf, dumb, dyslexic, had a bad hip and the beginnings of Alzheimer's — Marian Keyes

If knew more about Alzheimer's and the Brain, your mind will be blow and most cases you will confused... — Deyth Banger

I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead. — Ronald Reagan

Alzheimer's is the cleverest thief, because she not only steals from you, but she steals the very thing you need to remember what's been stolen. — Jarod Kintz

I like it when people remember that I'm a person, not just a person with Alzheimer's. — Sally Hepworth

It is my belief that people who speak of high school with a sugary fondness are bluffing away early-onset Alzheimer's. — Sloane Crosley

I am daily learning
To be the reluctant guardian of your memories
There was light in those eyes; I miss that — Richard L. Ratliff

Everyone gets forgotten because of Alzheimer's, ignored because of ignorance about oneself and replaced because of trying to stay in the same place. — Amit Abraham

This is the true wine of astonishment: We are not over when we think we are. — Alice Walker

My father, who suffered from hardening of the arteries, was diagnosed as having that tragic thief of the mind, Alzheimer's. — Robyn Carr

Before my mother's diagnosis with Alzheimer's, I had heard of the disease, but hadn't known anyone who had suffered from it. — Kevin Whately

developed Irish Alzheimer's over the years, which is to say that they failed to remember anything but their grudges. — Albie Cullen

I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it. — Joan Rivers

Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's. — George Carlin

If God gave Dad Alzheimer's, He's got to understand when Dad forgets what church he belongs to. — Joanne Fluke

Old Timer's Disease
The celebrity
with Alzheimer's
sued himself for writing his
unauthorized autobiography. — Beryl Dov

Alzheimer's is like having your entire life written out in chalk and then washed over by the sea at every tide. — Simon Van Booy

She didn't just disappear from my life - she had the audacity to die on me. And until I get Alzheimer's, I will never forget it. — Jarod Kintz

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come. — William Shakespeare

I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it. — Jo Brand

The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's ... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die. — Lucinda Williams

Alzheimer's disease starts when a protein that should be folded up properly misfolds into a kind of demented origami. — Gregory Petsko

And that's the best thing about this crazy journey: I am forgetting that I'm an old man instead of the Alzheimer's reminding me by forgetting — Jonathan Dunne

As your care recipient's advocate, be involved, don't accept the status quo, and don't be afraid to voice your concerns. — Nancy L. Kriseman

Alzheimer's caregivers are heroes. — Leeza Gibbons

Alzheimer's ... It is a barren disease, as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories. — Nicholas Sparks

Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.
Dementia Patient, Rose from The Inspired Caregiver — Peggi Speers

I am particularly interested in Alzheimer's disease and have been for some time now. — John O'Keefe

Do you know what Irish Alzheimer's is? It's when you forget everything but your grudges. — Dana Gould

That so many people respond to me is fabulous. It is like having a kind of Alzheimer's disease, where everyone knows you and you don't know anyone. — Tony Curtis

I'd rather die on my feet making a speech than die of Alzheimer's - and that's what I'm planning to do. — Tony Benn

Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's. — Walter Darby Bannard

While no one can change the outcome of dementia or Alzheimer's, with the right support you can change the journey. — Tara Reed

Saul may be the one with Alzheimer's, but I'm the one suffering a long and miserable life. — Eric Rill

Jewish Alzheimer's is forgetting everything except a grudge. — Maureen Lipman

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away. — Anne Lamott

Alzheimer's disease is death before death, and I'm terrified of it. — Joey Comeau

Then he stared down at the twinkling lights and sobbed, "All my stars fell out of the sky. — Belinda Bauer

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year. — Marcia Wallace

Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. — Anne Wojcicki

Embracing a healing presence requires you to just be in the moment together. — Nancy L. Kriseman

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

It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases - one was Alzheimer's, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer's. — Terry Pratchett

Better than cancer or Alzheimer's, that prime horror of anyone who has spent his life making a living by his wits. — Stephen King

Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease. — David Perlmutter

Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's. — Jerry Stiller

One goal of the mindful caregiver is to find ways to not feel 'dis-eased' in the caregiving process. — Nancy L. Kriseman

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

Most Alzheimer's sufferers aren't diagnosed until their 70s. However, we now know that their brains began deteriorating long before that. — Michael Greger

I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I've got Alzheimer's. — Terry Pratchett

I think I'm getting a little bit of Alzheimer's. Just a little. — Christopher Walken

Dying from an aggressive fatal brain tumor is like dying from Alzheimer's disease accelerated one hundred times. — Steven Magee

My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make. — Nancy L. Kriseman

These disorders - schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, depression, addiction - they not only steal our time to live, they change who we are. — Edward Boyden

I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.' — John McCain

Irish Alzheimer's: you forget everything except the grudges — Judy Collins

Tears water our eyes.

"Remember," mom soothes, "like the beautiful blooms beneath the weeds, Nana is still Nana underneath. — Kathryn Harrison

To put it simply--our brain span should match our lifespan. — Meryl Comer

There's an old joke about Alzheimer's: the good news is that you meet new people every day. — Stephen King

She didn't have time for Alzheimer's today. — Lisa Genova

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

Caregiving often calls us to lean into love we didn't know possible. — Tia Walker

Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress. — Mason Cooley

People with Alzheimer's deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure! — Julianne Moore