Organ Donor Quotes

• On my license, it says I'm an organ donor, but the truth is I'd consider being an organ martyr. I'm sure I'm worth a lot more dead than alive - the sum of the parts equal more than the whole. I wonder who might wind up walking around with my liver, my lungs, even my eyeballs. I wonder what poor asshole would get stuck with whatever it is in me that passes for a heart.

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  Jodi Picoult

  Heart   Wind   Alive  

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

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  John Wooden

  Inspirational   Life   Motivational  

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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• We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

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  Herman Melville

  Inspirational   Life   Spiritual  

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• ...if more people had been organ donors, unwinding never would have happened...but people like to keep what's theirs, even after they're dead.

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  Neal Shusterman

  People   Donors   Organ Donor  

  Neal Shusterman (2009). “Unwind”, p.224, Simon and Schuster

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• It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to let people know how important it is to become an organ donor.

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  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball   Second Chance   People  

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• I encourage everyone I know to sign an organ donor card, but if someone doesn't want to sign, that's his or her choice. If someone isn't willing to give an organ, however, why should that person be allowed to receive an organ?

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  Alex Tabarrok

  Giving   Choices   Cards  

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• i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive

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  Jodi Picoult

  Alive   Organ Donor   My Sister's Keeper  

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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• It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors.

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  Vic Snyder

  Senior   Important   Age  

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• I think you have a lot to offer... not necessarily as a person, but as an organ donor.

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  Dov Davidoff

  Thinking   Donors   Organ Donor  

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• Write a living will. And become an organ donor!

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  Jodi Picoult

  Writing   Donors   Organ Donor  

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• In America ... the seven ages of man have become preschooler, Pepsi generation, baby boomer, mid-lifer, empty-nester, senior citizen, and organ donor.

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  Bill Cosby

  Senior   Baby   Men  

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• Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us.

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  Osbert Sitwell

  Health   Blood   Tree  

  Osbert Sitwell (1977). “The Cruel Month”, Olympic Marketing Corp

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• I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.

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  Mandy Patinkin

  Girl   Blessed   Eye  

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• I hope more people decide to become organ donors.

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  Donna Reed

  People   Donors   Organ Donor  

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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