Laura Ziskin Quotes

Everyone should know that the 'war on cancer' is largely a fraud.

I wish I could never spend another second talking about cancer and all it does to everyone it surrounds, but unfortunately, that cannot be because of my life.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

Each of us knows a few or several young people whose lives have been devastated by cancer. I don't mean to be nihilistic about it, but it is very much an active killer of people now.

I am so very proud to do whatever I can do in the fight against cancer with WWE.

Cancer has touched my life and the lives of those I love, and now I'm ready to help all that I can in the fight.

I feel like everyone at some point has been affected by cancer, whether it's family or a friend.

Cancer is not for sissies.

Cancer has pizzazz, box office and glamour, and in actual dollars and prestige, even heart and mental can't hold a candle to it. It's a health dodge with a future and everybody who's anybody is jumping in.

I was told 50 percent of the population gets cancer. Everybody is going to be affected.

Breast Cancer is not necessarily a death sentence, stay strong and centered and be involved in all aspects of your treatment.

At my age, I don't think anyone is untouched by cancer.

Any charity that aids or supports trying to find a cure for cancer is very close to my heart. My mom had cancer multiple times, so it's something that I can relate to.

I'll also tell you that five hundred thousand people will die this year of cancer. And I'll also tell you that one in every four will be afflicted with this disease, and yet, somehow, we seem to have put it in a little bit of the background.

I am very proud to be a part of the Livestrong Foundation. I am maybe only a member but I give everything I can to be sure that people understand that cancer is a disease for everybody - not only in France, in Europe, in Asia, it is all over the world. We must fight together, we must make something to fight the cancer, we must Livestrong.

My family has had a lot of trouble with cancer in particular. There are a lot of great causes out there but for me to pick one I would say anything that is cancer related.

In my small, coastal New England town, an hour outside New York, I know many people who have dealt with cancer. I can reel off the names of at least 15 women I know, all in their 40s.

My mother, father, stepmother and surrogate mother have all died of cancer; my best friend has got terminal cancer and at least five of my other friends have had cancer but survived it.

I am happy to join AutoNation in the fight against cancer. This disease hits close to home for me with the loss of my mom in 2009. Raising awareness and finding a cure is really important to me.

Cancer doesn't discriminate, and in WWE, we have made it our mantra that cancer is 'unacceptable.'

Who the hell is against breast cancer research?

I lost my aunt to breast cancer.

You know, cancer is bipartisan. I mean, there are so many people whose lives are touched and changed by cancer that people are willing to work together to find cures, find solutions, make lives better for cancer patients. So I think people put politics aside. This isn't a political thing. This is a life issue.

Being a spokesperson for cancer awareness has been a passion of mine. It helps me in my recovery but also helps others.

When Nixon declared the war on cancer, he had no army. He had no tools. He had no anything, except good intentions.