Disabled Quotes
156 quotes by 125 authors
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I'm not disabled, I'm Differently Able!
— Montel Williams
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I have discovered few learning disabled students in my three decades of teaching. I have, however, discovered many, many victims of teaching inabilities.
— Marva Collins
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She is convinced that when language dies, out of carelessness, disuse, indifference and absence of esteem, or killed by fiat, not only she herself, but…
— Toni Morrison
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There are some circumstances, for example, where the newborn baby is severely disabled and where the parents think that it's better that child should not…
— Peter Singer
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The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory for all disabled people.
— Michael Dukakis
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We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t…
— Stella Young
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The problems of a retired schoolteacher in Duluth are OUR problems. That the future of the child in Buffalo is OUR future. That the struggle…
— Mario Cuomo
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I've read all the books, I've watched all the films and now, thanks to the glory of home gaming, I've even kind of experienced it:…
— Tom Dunne
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Humans are not disabled. A person can never be broken. Our built environment, our technologies, are broken and disabled. We the people need not accept…
— Hugh Herr
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A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you will someday know.…
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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Our Hispanic community needs to understand how important the Social Security system is for not only its retired citizens, but also its disabled workers.
— Grace Napolitano
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Someone must transform income into the food, shelter, clothing, nurture, discipline, education, minding, nursing, transportation, and emotional support that creates life outside of the office,…
— Anne-Marie Slaughter
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Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me ... Overall, we feel extraordinarily lucky to have been dealt a…
— Warren Buffett
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I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.
— Natalie du Toit
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It is essential that we provide the best possible care for our wounded and disabled veterans.
— Tom Udall
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You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want…
— Jimmy Carr
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I’m Palestinian, I’m disabled, I’m female and I live in New Jersey…
— Maysoon Zayid
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Ask many of us who are disabled what we would like in life and you would be surprised how few would say, 'Not to be…
— Itzhak Perlman
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In our society competitive capitalism has put family life and working life on a collision course.In Canada statistics show that over 70 percent of the…
— Jawaharlal Nehru
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I'm officially disabled, but I'm truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up unique opportunities to reach so many…
— Nick Vujicic
Who Wrote These Disabled Quotes
125 authors contributed a total of 156 Disabled Quotes, led by these top contributors: