Macular Degeneration Quotes & Sayings

I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old. — Judi Dench

There is no better moment than this moment, when we're anticipating the actual moment itself. All of the moments that lead up to the actual moment are truly the best moments. Those are the moments that are filled with good times. Those are the moments in which you are able to think that it is going to be perfect, when the moment actually happens. But, the moment is reality, and reality always kinda sucks! — Lewis Black

One of the tragic ironies of the second half of the 20th century is that when colonies in the developing world freed themselves from European rule, they often slid back into warfare, this time intensified by modern weaponry, organized militias, and the freedom of young men to defy tribal elders.77 As we shall see in the next chapter, this development is a countercurrent to the historical decline of violence, but it is also a demonstration of the role of Leviathans in propelling the decline. — Steven Pinker

You - you were like me. You were a child. A normal child. And that was taken from you."

"Does that bother you?"

"Well, it certainly makes you harder to hate. — Sabaa Tahir

We have failed to fully appreciate how deeply housing is implicated in the creation of poverty. Not everyone living in a distressed neighborhood is associated with gang members, parole officers, employers, social workers, or pastors. But nearly all of them have a landlord. — Matthew Desmond

By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action. — Mahavira

One of the things I miss most is that I can no longer read, due to age-related macular degeneration. I get regular injections for this, and thankfully these seem to have arrested its progress, but it's still very difficult for me to read. That means it is hard for me to pick up my Bible and read it like I used to, and I miss that very much. — Billy Graham

Never underestimate your fans; they'll tell you exactly what they like. — Aaron Tippin

I'm the munter of my friends. I've got wonky teeth and a lazy eye. My friend Rob is disgusted I'm a heart-throb. — Russell Howard

There is a silence that comes to a house when no one can sleep. I guess it's the price of love; I know it's not cheap. — U2

There is a big difference to someone being born with vision loss, to a kid having vision loss, to a senior having macular degeneration and losing their sight. — Marla Runyan

A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done. — Andy Grove

I carry two traditional pipes and I sing my songs and pray that us as human beings treat each other with respect. So when it came to trying to portray a connection on screen, that's what you see. — Adam Beach

In the eye, there is a type of junk that accumulates in the back of the retina that eventually causes us to go blind. It's called age-related macular degeneration. — Aubrey De Grey

You want to do what you can while you are on this earth. Otherwise, the alternative is to go shopping. — Saul Landau

For the only slavery is desire, and he who learns to let go, to climb the wind-swept hills of self-becoming, naked of all possessions and desire, will drink the mountain air of freedom, and find the peace that lies not in the satisfaction but in the controlling of desire. — Christmas Humphreys

About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America. — Michael Caine

I personally don't like school, but you have to do it if you want to get through life, so pretty much I put up with it. — RJ Mitte

My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me. — Tom Wolfe