Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

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Canadian -American actor and activist Michael J. Fox (b. 1961) remains a towering presence in the world of memorable quotations. With equal ease, Michael J. Fox moved between Power and Nature, finding connections others missed. Discover 30 of Michael J. Fox's most memorable quotes, ranging across Power, Nature, Learning, Happiness, and Family. As Michael J. Fox put it: "I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli."

“I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.”

— Michael J. Fox

Dad

All Quotes by Michael J. Fox

“Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.”

— Michael J. Fox

Medical

“I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.”

— Michael J. Fox

Business

“I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education.”

— Michael J. Fox

Education

“Family is not an important thing. It's everything.”

— Michael J. Fox

Family

“I truly believe that we have infinite levels of power that we don't even know are available to us.”

— Michael J. Fox

Power

“But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together it's how our differences work together.”

— Michael J. Fox

Marriage

“I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.”

— Michael J. Fox

Dad

“I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.”

— Michael J. Fox

Funny

“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.”

— Michael J. Fox

Happiness

“I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.”

— Michael J. Fox

Family

“I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes there's a power greater than myself. And I always believe, don't inflict harm where it's not necessary.”

— Michael J. Fox

Power

“I believe that the majority of times the scale tilts toward the good. It's this amazing thing that rolls on and if we get in the flow of it, that's God. And if we fight it, if we swim the other way, we're swimming away from the purest expression of this life.”

— Michael J. Fox

Amazing

“I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in.”

— Michael J. Fox

Freedom

“There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.”

— Michael J. Fox

Failure

“No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.”

— Michael J. Fox

Learning

“In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings.”

— Michael J. Fox

Wedding

“I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.”

— Michael J. Fox

Movies

“I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.”

— Michael J. Fox

Positive

“I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.”

— Michael J. Fox

Humor

“Life is the power that's greater than I can ever comprehend. The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature - that makes me humble.”

— Michael J. Fox

Nature