Christopher Reeve Quotes

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.

I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.

It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.

You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling) ... that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).

The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts.

What can I do today to take a step forward?

The character is a piece of fiction. You are yourself, however, and that makes you interesting, because you're alive and you're a human being.

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.

You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don't let anybody say you can't do it.

There is no such thing as can't.

Every scientist should remove the word 'impossible' from their lexicon.

Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.

Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.

I get pretty impatient with people who are able-bodied but are somehow paralyzed for other reasons.

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.