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Asthmatic Quotes

Quotes on living with asthma and its effects.

One quote draws a striking comparison, likening a lover struggling for words to an asthmatic struggling for breath. Another describes relying on inhalers so consistently it feels like living as part machine.

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.

Quotes by T. S. Eliot

As a result of the asthma I was sent to school in the country, and only visited Sydney for brief, violently asthmatic sojourns on my way to a house we owned in the Blue Mountains.

Quotes by Patrick White

Here's the thing: I am not only a creature of civilization, I'm an asthmatic person. I will only live so long as I have stockpiled the proper inhalers. I'm effectively a cyborg. You know how in Jurassic Park, they bred...

Quotes by John Hodgman

Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden.

Quotes by Gerald Scarfe

Bed Quotes

I remember myself as an asthmatic child, having great difficulties at 7, 8 and 9 years old, falling totally in love with 'Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle' and dreaming of having his strength to leap into trees and throw mighty...

Quotes by Gene Roddenberry

I'm an asthmatic so if you want to ask someone about asthma, ask a doctor. I'm asthmatic but I'm not an expert on it.

Quotes by Anh Do

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

Frequently Asked Questions

How do these asthmatic quotes describe the condition?
They describe it physically, as struggling for breath, and personally, including relying heavily on inhalers to get through daily life.
Is childhood a common theme in these quotes?
Yes, several quotes recall asthma from a Childhood perspective, including being sent to the country or spending time in Bed.
What comparison does one quote make about asthma?
It compares an asthmatic struggling for breath to a lover struggling to find the right words, linking physical and emotional strain.
Where was one speaker sent because of their asthma?
They describe being schooled away in a rural area and making only quick, uneasy trips into Sydney near the Blue Mountains.
Does asthma get described with any humor in these quotes?
Yes, one speaker jokes about being effectively a cyborg due to always having the proper inhalers stockpiled nearby.

Two more quotes trace asthma back to Childhood, from being sent away to the country and the Blue Mountains to long stretches spent in Bed as a young Child.