John Perez Quotes

But most importantly, we can all be donors. It does not matter how old you are, your race, where you live; all of us can give the gift of life.

I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that.

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.

I hope more people decide to become organ donors.

The Church believes that human organs cannot be viewed as objects of purchase and sale. The transplantation of organs from a living donor can be based only on the voluntary self-sacrifice for the sake of another's life.

Signing up to be an organ donor should be at least as easy as downloading a song to your iPhone.

I often ask people if they would like to give their organs when they pass on, and they say "Well, I'm not so sure, I don't know." And I said, "Well, would you accept one if you needed one?" "Well, yeah, sure." And I say "Well, there you go - where do you get them from?".

My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing Lessons', a memoir of love, loss, hope, and healing, which talks about the death of my son and the hope that has been the aftermath of the healing from that tragedy.

It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.

I think, in real life, when we're facing death - that is, when we come out on the other side of it, whether it's death of a friend or a family member - you come out on the other side of the mourning cherishing your life that much more.

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?

I owe my life to blood donors. I'm forever grateful to people who donate.

I always think about which blood drive was going on in Georgia that day when that husband or mom or school teacher rolled up their sleeve and actually gave me a second chance at life. It's the ultimate gift of life, and I'm the one who was on the other end.

As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death.

Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.

'Harry Potter' changed my life in more ways than one, and it helped me get through my mother's death.

It's never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on.

I think you should automatically donate your organs because that would turn the balance of organ donation in a huge way. I would donate whatever anybody would take, and I'd probably do the cremation bit.

We are born with two kidneys and only need one to survive. Maybe God gave us the other one so that we could give it away.

Many Americans say they want to be organ donors, but they just don't get around to acting on their intentions. Helping these potential good Samaritans overcome their inertia could prolong thousands of lives a year.

The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life.

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.

Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

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.