Quotes by Michael J. Fox

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

If I don’t get food in my mouth, I’m still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long as I don’t get arrested for indecent exposure, I’m happy. I’m worried about keeping my hair, not how it’s combed.

Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.

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.