Short Alzheimer’s Quotes
• Alzheimer’s caregivers are heroes.” —Leeza Gibbons
• Man’s memory shapes its own eden within.” —Jorge Luis Borges
• Jewish Alzheimer’s is forgetting everything except a grudge.” —Maureen Lipman
• Man’s memory shapes its own eden within.” —Jorge Luis Borges
• Alzheimer’s disease is death before death, and I’m terrified of it.” —Joey Comeau
• To put it simply our brain span should match our lifespan.” —Meryl Comer
• If you want to avoid Alzheimer’s disease, sleep 8 hours a night.” —Deepak Chopra
• I think I’m getting a little bit of Alzheimer’s. Just a little.” —Christopher Walken
Famous Alzheimer’s Quotes
• “Alzheimer’s usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.” —Mason Cooley
• “Alzheimer’s disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.” —Patti Davis
• “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” —Sigmund Freud
• “Do you know what Irish Alzheimer’s is? It’s when you forget everything but your grudges.” —Dana Gould
• “To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” —Tia Walker
• “People with Alzheimer’s deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure!” —Julianne Moore
• “Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.” —George Carlin
• “Alzheimer’s disease starts when a protein that should be folded up properly misfolds into a kind of demented origami.” —Gregory Petsko
• “I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I’ve got Alzheimer’s.” —Terry Pratchett
• “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
• “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
• “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
• “The thing about Alzheimer’s is that it’s sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.” —Lucinda Williams
• “Each form of Alzheimer’s disease should perturb different brain networks and so influence the concentration of different proteins that can be measured in the blood.” —Leroy Hood
• “People do not realize that Alzheimer’s is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer’s every day.” —Melina Kanakaredes
• “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
• “In Wisconsin, We’re at the forefront of research that might one day bring cures for diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and we must seize its great potential.” —Jim Doyle
• “Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.” —David Hyde Pierce
• “There is a version of Alzheimer’s which is early onset Alzheimer’s. And it’s – it’s horrible, because people do get it in their 50s and 60s. And it’s terrible.” —Patti Davis
• “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
• “I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They’re aware that they’re losing awareness, and you see them struggling.” —Patti Davis
• “It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.” —Terry Pratchett
• “Suffering is always hard to quantify especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer’s. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer’s destroys the mind and in the process, annihilates the very self.” —Jeffrey Kluger
• “Alzheimer’s is a disease for which there is no effective treatment whatsoever. To be clear, there is no pharmaceutical agent, no magic pill that a doctor can prescribe that will have any significant effect on the progressive downhill course of this disease.” —David Perlmutter
• “What really scares me is Alzheimer’s or premature senility, losing that ability to read and enjoy and to write. And you do it, and some days maybe aren’t so good, and then some days, you really catch a wave, and it’s as good as it ever was.” —Stephen King
• “I hang out with war vets in a hospital they will never leave alive. I was out in the garden with the Alzheimer’s and asked them if god wears pants, G my adopted father answered immediately, “No he wears a G-strings. We all laughed so loud it brought the nurses running and then pretended to be discussing a stringed bridge over a river and all sat straight faced. An original thought God wears a G-String.” —Ijosephi Lowly Worm
Inspirational Alzheimer’s Quotes
• “Man’s memory shapes its own eden within.” —Jorge Luis Borges
• “Alzheimer’s disease is death before death, and I’m terrified of it.” —Joey Comeau
• “To put it simply our brain span should match our lifespan.” —Meryl Comer
• “If you want to avoid Alzheimer’s disease, sleep 8 hours a night.” —Deepak Chopra
• “They may forget what you said — but they will never forget how you made them feel.” —Carl W. Buehner.
• “I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I’ve got Alzheimer’s.” —Terry Pratchett
• “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
Loving Someone with Alzheimer’s Quotes
• “I intend to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have always done.” —Ronald Reagan
• “Alzheimer’s, while a horrible shroud that keeps out so many joys of life, also blanketed away the aggressive and shrill dimensions of modern life.” —Rick Steves
• “You have to be patient with [Alzheimer’s]. Once you understand that it’s a medical condition, you become a little more compassionate. You get less frustrated.” —Kim Campbell
• “Never make [dementia] a secret. There should be no shame. Why feel ashamed of having a complex brain disease? People are afraid to talk about it.” —Wendy Mitchell
• “It is a strange, sad irony that so often, in the territory of a disease that robs an individual of memory, and caregivers are often the forgotten.” —Karen Wilder
• “While the final chapter of my life with dementia may be trying, nothing has diminished my gratitude and deep appreciation for the countless blessings in my life.” —Sandra Day O’Connor
• “For baby boomers, I feel like the canary in the coal mine while scientists search for a cure. I fear the day when I put my fingers on the keyboard and don’t know how to write anymore.” —Greg O’Brien
• “Alzheimer’s is me, unwinding, losing trust in myself, a butt of my own jokes and on bad days capable of playing hunt the slipper by myself and losing. You can’t battle it, you can’t be a plucky ‘survivor.’ It steals you from yourself.” —Terry Pratchett
• “Alzheimer’s is brutal. I mean, it’s associated with losing your memory, but you don’t just forget who people are; you also forget how to talk, how to eat, how to do everything. That’s hard to wrap your head around until you actually see it.” —Seth Rogen
• “I think this whole issue, whether it’s of Alzheimer’s or caregiving, has a long way to go, I think, as a national conversation. What do caregivers need? What do they look like? What do we as a country need? Why are two-thirds of the Alzheimer’s cases women?” —Maria Shriver
Alzheimer’s Quotes and Sayings
• “Alzheimer’s usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.” —Mason Cooley
• “Alzheimer’s disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.” —Patti Davis
• “People with Alzheimer’s deserve to be seen, so that we can find a cure.” —Julianne Moore
• “Do you know what Irish Alzheimer’s is? It’s when you forget everything but your grudges.” —Dana Gould
• “To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.” —Tia Walker
• “The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” —Sigmund Freud
• “Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.” —George Carlin
• “I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I’ve got Alzheimer’s.” —Terry Pratchett
• “Alzheimer’s disease starts when a protein that should be folded up properly misfolds into a kind of demented origami.” —Gregory Petsko
• “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
• “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
• “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
• “The thing about Alzheimer’s is that it’s sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.” —Lucinda Williams
• “Each form of Alzheimer’s disease should perturb different brain networks and so influence the concentration of different proteins that can be measured in the blood.” —Leroy Hood
• “People do not realize that Alzheimer’s is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease and staggering amounts of people develop Alzheimer’s every day.” —Melina Kanakaredes
• “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
• “Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.” —David Hyde Pierce
• “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
• “There is a version of Alzheimer’s which is early onset Alzheimer’s. And it’s – it’s horrible, because people do get it in their 50s and 60s. And it’s terrible.” —Patti Davis
• “I think the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s are the hardest. Particularly because the person knows that they are losing awareness. They’re aware that they’re losing awareness, and you see them struggling.” —Patti Davis
• “Alzheimer’s is literally killing us, and the only way to fight this ‘crime’ is through a groundswell of people who continue to raise their voices and funds to ensure it gets the attention it deserves.” —Tess Gerritsen
• “Suffering is always hard to quantify especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer’s. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer’s destroys the mind and in the process, annihilates the very self.” —Jeffrey Kluger
• “It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer’s you are an old fart. That’s how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.” —Terry Pratchett
• “Suffering is always hard to quantify especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer’s. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer’s destroys the mind and in the process, annihilates the very self.” —Jeffrey Kluger
• “Alzheimer’s is a disease for which there is no effective treatment whatsoever. To be clear, there is no pharmaceutical agent, no magic pill that a doctor can prescribe that will have any significant effect on the progressive downhill course of this disease.” —David Perlmutter
• “What really scares me is Alzheimer’s or premature senility, losing that ability to read and enjoy and to write. And you do it, and some days maybe aren’t so good, and then some days, you really catch a wave, and it’s as good as it ever was.” —Stephen King