Disabled Quotes
156 quotes by 125 authors
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If one is physically disabled, one cannot afford to be *psychologically* disabled as well.
— Stephen Hawking
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Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and reread them…digest them. Let them go into your…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority…
— Theodore Kaczynski
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I have never been disabled in my dreams.
— Christopher Reeve
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The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of life, which is…
— Aubrey de Grey
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One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition…
— Andrew Solomon
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Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.
— Emily Oster
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For those looking at me, meeting me for the first time, it is the body they see. I am labelled as disabled.
— Giles Duley
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Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind.
— Stephen Hawking
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My dad was a plumber, and my mom was on and off again, either a stay-at-home mom or working with the disabled as a visiting-nurse…
— Craig Thompson
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I remember when I was young, there was an older boy who was physically and mentally disabled. He had a speech impediment and walked with…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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All I say about severely disabled babies is that when a life is so miserable it is not worth living, then it is permissible to…
— Peter Singer
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I believe that we should, on biblical grounds, tell all parents of mentally disabled children that God loves their children, regrets terribly that they are…
— Lewis B. Smedes
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Disabled veterans are not a bargaining chip.
— Jim Bridenstine
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If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or…
— Anita Borg
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My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.
— Natalie du Toit
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Families with disabled children are praying for their kids to die before them because they have no support systems. They are very scared about who…
— Safak Pavey
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Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of…
— Stella Young
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There are real-world, devastating consequences for disabled women marginalised by the kinds of attitudes that deny them full agency over what happens to their bodies.
— Stella Young
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As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.
— Stella Young
Who Wrote These Disabled Quotes
125 authors contributed a total of 156 Disabled Quotes, led by these top contributors: