Giusti Quotes & Sayings

I feel so out of place here. No matter how much money the Republic throws at me, I will forever be the boy from the streets. — Marie Lu

In 15 years, we've raised $225 million, sequenced the myeloma genome, and opened 45 trials of 23 drugs - six approved by the FDA - which have doubled the life span of multiple myeloma patients. I've taken both Velcade and Revlimid, which we helped develop. — Kathy Giusti

People want to say something negative before they say something good. — Estelle

Our healthcare environment is incredibly complex and is changing rapidly. — Kathy Giusti

When I got really sick and needed a stem cell transplant, I was fortunate to have a twin sister as the donor. — Kathy Giusti

Being with him made her realize there was more to life than living in constant fear. She — Debby Giusti

If I've learned anything, it's to live in the moment, and the gift that cancer gives you is, you just assume I'm only here today, and I am going to seize that moment and cherish it. — Kathy Giusti

On other spaces' (Foucault 1993). — Gordana Fontana-Giusti

Despite the fact that one in every two men and one in every three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, no one ever expects it to happen to them. I surely didn't. I was an otherwise healthy 37-year-old when I was diagnosed in 1996 with multiple myeloma, the same rare cancer Tom Brokaw has. — Kathy Giusti

Everyone gets dumped and everyone gets hurt and there's karma to love in regards to what you've done to other people. — Marina And The Diamonds

Being treated by a doctor who specializes in your kind of cancer is so important, especially for those of us who have rare or very rare cancers. They will have access to newer treatment options that may be offered only at big academic cancer centers, so you don't miss out on treatments that could help you. — Kathy Giusti

I hope I can become a voice for all cancers and all patients. — Kathy Giusti

The most important thing a leader can do is set the vision and don't stray. We said, 'We are a research foundation. Our mission is to accelerate cures.' — Kathy Giusti

'Your heart is either beating or it's not, your heart never forgets. As long as your heart is beating follow it, it will always stay true to you. — Shawn Kirsten Maravel

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing - by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature. — M.H. Abrams

I'm happy to say that I am in remission. That R word is something critically important to cancer patients, especially in a disease like myeloma. But I never lose sight of the fact that there is another R word called relapse. — Kathy Giusti

I quickly discovered that scientists go where the funding is, so I knew I had to start a research foundation. If you don't raise money and provide research grants, you'll never attract scientists, and if scientists aren't working on a cure, there isn't going to be a cure. — Kathy Giusti

I always say, the greatest cost of leading is the cost of paving the way. — Kathy Giusti

Secret guilt is by silence revealed. — John Dryden

Every time I go back to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to wait for my test results, and I wonder if I've relapsed or if I'm doing okay, I don't think about my company. I'm proud of everything we've done, but at the end of the day, it comes back to family. I'm still a wife, a mom, a sister - all of those things. — Kathy Giusti

Although not yet routine, many cancer centers have the technology to sequence some or all of a patient's cancer genome. This can provide massive amounts of valuable information about your cancer, including whether you have genetic mutations and other abnormalities for which new drugs are available. — Kathy Giusti