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Immune Quotes

On resistance, defense, and adapting under pressure.

These quotes use 'immune' both literally, describing how the body's Disease-fighting system changes across a lifetime, and figuratively, describing places or people that seem untouched by a problem.

In theory, and I think in practice, I am immune to the strain of Ebola that I was infected with. But there are five different strains of Ebola.

Quotes by Kent Brantly

Great players, they start becoming immune to what the defense does to them.

Quotes by Kenny Smith

Meth is a major problem not only in our urban areas, but in most of the rural areas of Colorado. No region has been immune from this scourge and it is getting larger.

Quotes by Ken Salazar

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

Quotes by Joseph Barbera

The right raw materials can... double or triple the protective power of the immune system.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

Onions, along with leeks, garlic, shallots and scallions, make up the allium family of vegetables, which can have beneficial effects on the cardiovascular and immune systems, as well as possible anti-diabetic and anti-cancer effects.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

I take goldenseal, Echinacea and cod liver oil when flying to boost my immune system.

Quotes by Janelle Monae

Since I travel too much around the world, I take all these vitamins for my immune system.

Quotes by Isabeli Fontana

I was a vegetarian through many of my teen years and easily revert back to that occasionally, but my immune system is usually happier with a bit of real meat.

Quotes by Holly Marie Combs

Nobody is immune to feeling depressed.

Quotes by Farhan Akhtar

I started taking medication to weaken my immune system because that is what was attacking my kidneys. The problem was when I went on different medication, I suffered side effects. And the side effects caused 'moon face,' where my face...

Quotes by Fallon Sherrock

The immune system constantly creates genes on the fly that are specific to the things that show up in the body. It's amazing.

Quotes by Erez Lieberman Aiden

Our players are not immune to the things that are going on in society.

Quotes by Doug Pederson

Your immune cells are like a circulating nervous system. Your nervous system in fact is a circulating nervous system. It thinks. It's conscious.

Quotes by Deepak Chopra

Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.

Quotes by David Gerrold

The mice that had the resveratrol in their diet were still obese, but they were seemingly or relatively immune to the effects of the obesity. So their arteries were clear, their liver was nice and thin. Their bones were stronger....

Quotes by David Andrew Sinclair

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

Quotes by Damon Lindelof

It's been said that mistletoe extract enhances immune function, which increases the production of the immune cells. When administered as a form of therapy for cancer, the extracts are given by injection under the skin, into a vein or directly...

Quotes by Chris Kilham

If we think of the immune system as a machine, then we are far from even knowing all of its parts.

Quotes by Bruce Beutler

My idea right from the beginning, I guess, was to dismantle the immune system one gene at a time so we could track the mutations that cause problems.

Quotes by Bruce Beutler

Frequently Asked Questions

What senses of "immune" show up in these quotes?
These quotes cover both the medical meaning of immune—resistance within the body—and the figurative sense of being unaffected by criticism, crime, or a widespread problem.
Is there a quote about the immune system specifically?
Yes, one quote discusses a discovery that genes tied to the immune system can shift over the course of a person's life, contrary to earlier assumptions.
What does a quote say about drug problems spreading regionally?
One quote describes a stimulant problem spreading through both urban and rural areas, noting that not a single region has escaped the impact.
How does one quote describe elite athletes and pressure?
Yes, one quote observes that top players eventually stop reacting to defensive pressure the way less experienced players do.
Where can I find more quotes about the body or disease?
The Body quotes page and the Disease quotes page cover related medical themes.

Other lines reflect on crime prevention and drug epidemics that spare no region, as well as elite athletes who grow immune to opposing pressure. See our Body and Criticism quotes for related reading.