Christopher Reeve Quotes

Every scientist should remove the word ‘impossible’ from their lexicon.

Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.

You should take some responsibility for the way you present yourself. But you should not be hung up on your looks, whether you are ugly or handsome, because it isn’t an achievement.

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

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He’s great. As he brought up me and my brothers and sisters, he ingrained in us that your appearance is not your responsibility, other than that you should not be a slob.

It’s important to me to say what I really mean.

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

It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since I was 10, so that’s nine years and 30 or 40 plays, in school and summer stock, professional theater, too.

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

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

I learned years ago to come to terms with having so much done for me by others.

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I’m more direct and outspoken.

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I’m beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

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.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.