Disability Quotes

304 quotes by 216 authors

In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement!… — Holly Near
I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found,… — Alexander P. de Seversky
If 'all the Jewish women in Palestine are hysterical', presumably many of their menkind suffer from the same disability, which certainly does not promise well… — Nesta Helen Webster
When I was about 7 years old, I had been labeled dyslexic. I'd try to concentrate on what I was reading, then I'd get to… — Tom Cruise
Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of — Morgan Freeman
Thereâ€™s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not… — Aimee Mullins
Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don't think of them as disabled. You amputate part of a… — Aimee Mullins
The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities. — Clay Aiken
I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. — Clay Aiken
A biological agent, Iâ€™ll buy. Some sort of super-virus? Sure, why not. But death? Death is a disability, not a superpower. Itâ€™s hard to run… — Simon Pegg
There seems to be so much shame wrapped up in speech disabilities. It seems very sad and complicated all at the same time. — Danica McKellar
I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word, — Laura Linney
People with the boat bug are never happier than when they are poking around marinas, fantasizing about owning other people's boats. It's a disease that… — Randy Wayne
As a child, I was called stupid and lazy. On the SAT I got 159 out of 800 in math. My parents had no idea… — Henry Winkler
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes… — Stephen Hawking
It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People… — Stephen Hawking
I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. There is only one way to go in life and that is… — Christopher Reeve
The Presidents proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with… — Chaka Fattah
I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all,… — Chaka Fattah
Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily… — Chaka Fattah

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