Steve Gleason quote: "ALS does not affect cognitive process. Stephen Hawking, one of smartest people on the planet, has ALS. It rarely affects the eyes. It doesn't affect senses like hearing, taste and touch."

Life is difficult. Not just for me or other ALS patients. Life is difficult for everyone. Finding wa...
STEVE GLEASON

If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people...
STEVE GLEASON

I have moments where I miss my old self. But I think anyone can get caught up in what we used to hav...
STEVE GLEASON

The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line th...
STEVE GLEASON

A terminal diagnosis can really mess with your head. Honestly, it makes you want to run away to the ...
STEVE GLEASON

Many ALS patients end up fading away quietly and dying. For me, this was not OK. I did not want to f...
STEVE GLEASON

I think about death all the time. I think that's a good thing because we're all going to die...
STEVE GLEASON

To cure ALS medically is not economical. The realities are that it's difficult to find funding f...
STEVE GLEASON

Does anyone know if Lamborghini makes wheelchair vehicles? If not, I want to change that.
STEVE GLEASON

I have been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). It's a terminal disease with an ...
STEVE GLEASON

Typing with your fingers or thumbs is sooooo 2012. I tweeted that earlier in the year. I type with m...
STEVE GLEASON

I only made $200 a week and I had to buy my own bullets.
JACKIE GLEASON

Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for in...
JACKIE GLEASON

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
JACKIE GLEASON

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you hav...
JACKIE GLEASON

How sweet it is!
JACKIE GLEASON

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.
JACKIE GLEASON

Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.
JACKIE GLEASON

I went for a consult at MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) and found out that he had to hav...
BUNNIE GLEASON

He just kind of takes it as it is, and rolls with the punches. He's very tough.
BUNNIE GLEASON

He laid around all day and wouldn't open any presents without help. He couldn't really sit up. I jus...
BUNNIE GLEASON

That's when I found out it was a tumor, and that he had fluid on the brain, which was building up an...
BUNNIE GLEASON

Little old ladies were terrified. At least those not interested in baseball.
BILL GLEASON

There's still a scar on my heart.
BILL GLEASON

No Sox fan is excited about this. Oh, God, no. So many terrible things have happened over the years,...
BILL GLEASON

God really has cursed the sports fans of Chicago. It defies the law of averages when you think about...
BILL GLEASON

I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put...
JACKIE GLEASON

We want people to be aware of this period in our country's history. As generations move away from th...
CATHERINE GLEASON

It is a really interesting period in American art history. The government provided financial support...
CATHERINE GLEASON

All these artists are very different visually and they're all using photography in different ways. T...
CATHERINE GLEASON

She takes 4-by-5-inch pieces of photographic film and attaches them to her body before going through...
CATHERINE GLEASON

By using this technology, it's like taking a new look at photography. That's what makes it a very in...
CATHERINE GLEASON

A lot of people say, 'Well, I like a challenge.' I don't like challenges. Life is tough enough witho...
JACKIE GLEASON

Modesty in an actor is as fake as passion in a call girl.
JACKIE GLEASON

Missing someone is like eating warheads candy...at first it's painfully bitter, but after a while it...
STEPHANIE GLEASON

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it...
JACKIE GLEASON

Since the court will not take swift action to order union officials to inform union members of their...
STEFAN GLEASON

Your clubs.
JACKIE GLEASON

I have a 'Play the melody' philosophy. It means don't over-arrange, don't make life difficult. Just ...
JACKIE GLEASON

One of these days, Alice. Pow! Right in the kisser!
JACKIE GLEASON

Getting students to participate in the school-lunch program is one of the key objectives,
DAVID GLEASON

The reality is it was too complicated. We had stuff that worked great when it was used properly.
DANA GLEASON

The guy who killed our son had his car impounded and also had his license suspended, ... But he was ...
DAVID GLEASON

Our information from players over the long term is that while the top prize is a motivator for some ...
ARCH GLEASON

Instant lottery ticket sales last year were in the neighborhood of $385 million. This year it'll be ...
ARCH GLEASON

We don't believe the suit has merit. We're defending ourselves.
ARCH GLEASON

I wanted something simple. Over the course of a weekend, I turned out a hip sack that became a precu...
DANA GLEASON

Love is...letting go of the past, because when you find that person who makes the bad memories and p...
STEPHANIE GLEASON

-Todo lo que he hecho en este año de la expiación ha terminado por dejar atrás sólo cenizas. As�...
PATRICK GLEASON

The tax levy ($16 million) that we went to the voters with back in May has not changed, ... The equa...
DAVID GLEASON

Our packs are for people who truly use the gear and don't just read the magazines and dream about it...
DANA GLEASON

That contract was signed back in April before a lot of the things that subsequently have taken place...
DAVID GLEASON

If we are able to reduce our consumption by five percent, it would cover the difference in the price...
DAVID GLEASON

Brett's murder adds to my fear for the future.
DAVID GLEASON

In layman’s terms, taxes in Granby will go down this year as the result of true-value and that wil...
DAVID GLEASON

There are two components to the school lunch program—the price of the food that we put out for the...
DAVID GLEASON

That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigil...
PAUL GLEASON

In too many games we played five or six innings of great baseball and then just cruised through the ...
COREY GLEASON

As much as everyone wants to play as much as possible, the real goal of the season is to win as many...
COREY GLEASON

Our offense was pretty amazing for how cold it was.
COREY GLEASON

It'll be a little bit more competitive than it has in the past.
COREY GLEASON

We'll probably be fairly small. The U.S. military will be the backbone of what will allow us to knoc...
DANA GLEASON

We found that we're better off controlling production here and selling direct to the people using it...
DANA GLEASON

They are in a slightly different situation than the other suppliers, ... The majority of their oil c...
DAVID GLEASON

Right now at Golden Sun, we have the ability to store 10,000 gallons of fuel, ... We have been worki...
DAVID GLEASON

We feel confident that we can continue to provide the services that weve provided in the past, ... A...
DAVID GLEASON

In laymans terms, taxes in Granby will go down this year as the result of true-value and that will...
DAVID GLEASON

There are two components to the school lunch programthe price of the food that we put out for the ...
DAVID GLEASON

It is not a profanity-laden book. This is not a children's book, and we're not giving it to children...
EVELYN GLEASON

It's got an excellent message, not only for teens but for adults as well.
EVELYN GLEASON

Re-using existing structures is very sustainable. It allows us to create something that provides del...
JAN GLEASON

It's a tremendous design challenge just to meet the needs of our clients and make effective use of p...
JAN GLEASON

Housing or day care should be more than just a roof over somebody's head. Dismal, dreary spaces are ...
JAN GLEASON

Hello, Miss Adler. Irene Adler. Wow," he said, his voice hushed. "This is so weird.
COLLEEN GLEASON

Our team really stepped up tonight and showed a lot courage to take it to them like that.
JODDIE GLEASON

We know this is a big win. For us it was a big game. Saint Martin's really took it to us up there.
JODDIE GLEASON

We didn't play bad at Central (last week), we just didn't execute very well and turnovers were an is...
JODDIE GLEASON

We need to bounce back and not panic. (SPU) beat us tonight, but I don't think every night they'd be...
JODDIE GLEASON

They did a nice job sticking to Kelly so she couldn't get any open looks.
JODDIE GLEASON

We just didn't have people step up and hit shots. And you've got to be able to hit shots to beat a g...
JODDIE GLEASON

This is a very talented team coming in. They're ranked No. 9 in the nation and it's not a fluke. The...
JODDIE GLEASON

We started off the season making a few more turnovers than we would have liked, but a lot of that ha...
JODDIE GLEASON

Jenna kind of proved tonight she's one of the best players in the conference. She just wants to win,...
JODDIE GLEASON

That's a big one. I think that game means a lot to us as a group because it kind of makes a statemen...
JODDIE GLEASON

The Legislature has made it very difficult for public agencies to close their meetings.
PAT GLEASON

Confidence, knowing for certain that the person making the call has your safety foremost in their mi...
PAUL GLEASON

It would have been a lot of fun as a receiver to play.
STEVE LARGENT

YouTube is a platform, a distribution vehicle.
STEVE CHEN

We're allowing technology to take out the non-value-added manual elements of the McDonald's ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK

Ultimately, the bread and butter of McDonald's is delivering great service, great quality food, ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
STEVE MARTIN

Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those specie...
STEVE IRWIN

There's a waterfall of content that you're missing out on.
STEVE CHEN

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
STEVE COOGAN

I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.
STEVE MARTIN

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.
STEVE MARTIN

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way ...
STEVE MARTIN

I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period.
STEVE MARTIN

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easi...
STEVE MARTIN

What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an act...
STEVE MARTIN

Tweeting is really only good for one thing - it's just good for tweeting... It is rewarding, bec...
STEVE MARTIN

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
STEVE MARTIN

I got a flue shot and now my chimney works perfectly.
STEVE MARTIN

What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They ca...
STEVE MARTIN

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the ...
STEVE MARTIN

Everything is fraught with danger. I love technology and I love science. It's just always all in...
STEVE MARTIN

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent re...
STEVE MARTIN

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
STEVE MARTIN

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.
STEVE MARTIN

Well, excuuuuuse me!
STEVE MARTIN

What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.
STEVE MARTIN

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
STEVE MARTIN

Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk....
STEVE IRWIN

The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.
STEVE IRWIN

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.
STEVE IRWIN

No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.
STEVE IRWIN

I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.
STEVE IRWIN

I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we ...
STEVE IRWIN

That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from...
STEVE IRWIN

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been s...
STEVE IRWIN

Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
STEVE IRWIN

The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm get...
STEVE IRWIN

When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to...
STEVE IRWIN

No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted wi...
STEVE IRWIN

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet...
STEVE IRWIN

Crikey means gee whiz, wow!
STEVE IRWIN

Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.
STEVE IRWIN

Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.
STEVE IRWIN

I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, ...
STEVE IRWIN

There has been nothing more impactful on my life and meaningful to me than the introduction of Chris...
STEVE HARVEY

It's all about persevering. You know you're going to be tested. If you keep your eyes fixed ...
STEVE ALFORD

You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.
STEVE MARTIN

Yes, guns are to men what jewelry is to women!
STEVE KING

Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?&#...
STEVE JOBS

But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night ...
STEVE JOBS

It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't w...
STEVE JOBS

Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The a...
STEVE JOBS

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.
STEVE JOBS

A minimum wage leads to higher levels of unemployment.
STEVE HANKE

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake...
STEVE IRWIN

I used to have a pseudonym for Twitter, and I'm trying to get my check to verify me.
STEVE MNUCHIN

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.
STEVE ALBINI

The very purpose of the Second Amendment is to stop the government from disallowing people the means...
STEVE STOCKMAN

I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist ...
STEVE VAI

Lombardi, a certain magic still lingers in the very name. It speaks of duels in the snow and Novembe...
STEVE SABOL

In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue befo...
STEVE BUYER

I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and...
STEVE BUYER

The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.
STEVE BUYER

Our nation has kept faith with its veterans. Funding for veterans healthcare and benefits is strong,...
STEVE BUYER

Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching w...
STEVE BUYER

As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about...
STEVE BUYER

The men and women of today's VA are dedicated to caring for today's veterans and stand ready...
STEVE BUYER

Our greatest privilege and responsibility as leaders of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs...
STEVE BUYER

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.
STEVE BUYER

It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence ...
STEVE BUYER

We, the people of the United States, we are a great Nation with a great vision.
STEVE BUYER

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighti...
STEVE BUYER

The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide ar...
STEVE BUYER

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.
STEVE BUYER

From a generation that came of age during the Great Depression, millions of our country's best a...
STEVE BUYER

Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values f...
STEVE BUYER

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commi...
STEVE BUYER

I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's...
STEVE FINLEY

I'm a team player. But I will say that I've never been a 'yes man' in my life.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

In Washington, if someone disagrees with you, the problem must be your heart - you must be evil.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I think voters appreciate that I'm not sitting in the back row, waiting for my turn.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

The people of Florida's 2nd Congressional District said, 'Steve, go up there and fight to ch...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

Work is life. Work is opportunity.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I do believe in tax incentives in order to move the economy forward.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you wi...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I came out of the private sector, a life that I enjoyed. I sleep in a bed every night with a woman I...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

What is true is that if we do not change the culture of Washington, D.C., the United States of Ameri...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

If you love helping people, and you love trying to bring comfort and peace to their life at a very, ...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the b...
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

Don't wait for your ship to come in. Swim out to it.
STEVE SOUTHERLAND

You probably choose x-country because you were too small to play football.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't g...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

If you can make money with your talents, why not?
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

It doesn't feel that good when you're ahead the whole way.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slo...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

This is my last year at Oregon, and it means a lot to me. The people have been great to me up there,...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 me...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Nobody likes tainted victories.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

No one will ever win a 5,000-meter by running an easy two miles. Not against me.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

What I want is to be number one.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Every once in a while I think, 'What am I doing out here running, busting myself up? Life could ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took o...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of thi...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

When people go to a track meet, they're looking for something, a world record, something that ha...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I have a positive mental attitude, and I think I'm divine, but I also think it takes a heck of a...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perf...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something bea...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one ...
STEVE PREFONTAINE

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.
STEVE PREFONTAINE

ALS does not affect cognitive process. Stephen Hawking, one of smartest people on the planet, has ALS. It rarely affects the eyes. It doesn't affect senses like hearing, taste and touch.

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ALS does not affect cognitive process. Stephen Hawking, one of smartest people on the planet, has ALS. It rarely affects the eyes. It doesn't affect senses like hearing, taste and touch.

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