Gallaudet Quotes

#1. 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

#2. Technology is helping more and more deaf people hear, but here at Gallaudet, we focus on learning and achieving-not on listening. So I would still say deaf people can do anything, except hear.

I. King Jordan

#3. The students of Gallaudet have sent a powerful message across this country!

Paul Simon

#4. You [the Gallaudet students] have brought the deaf community together ... You are my heroes.

Tom Harkin

#5. At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.

I. King Jordan

#6. Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States.

Howard Coble

#7. The Heretic Queen is historical fiction at its best. Michelle Moran seamlessly incorporates accurate details into a story full of suspense, intrigue, and tenderness that's impossible to put down until you've reached the last page. An absolute triumph!

Tasha Alexander

#8. The same arguments which go to show that knowledge is power, that the condition of a people is improved in proportion as the masses are educated, have their application with equal weight to the deaf ...

Edward Miner Gallaudet

#9. I have no idea why anyone likes me! I am very polarizing. It's either absolutely love or absolutely can't-be-around-for-more-than-three-seconds.

Pink

#10. Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

John McTiernan

#11. Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

John Lasseter

#12. Missing pieces do more than complete the puzzle, they fill in an empty space.

Luanne Rice

#13. The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key.

Edward Abbey

#14. Deafness, though it be total and congenital, imposes no limits on the intellectual development of its subjects, save in the single direction of the appreciation of acoustic phenomena.

Edward Miner Gallaudet

#15. I shaved my head when I was 14 - is that bad? I asked my dad's permission first. He said, 'You're gonna look like a boy.' And I said, 'OK' ... then I did it anyway. All through high school, I had a shaved head and I'd dye it crazy colors - it was fun.

Brea Grant