Bill Clinton Quotes

I don't even know why, but I've just always done it - I don't walk on handicapped parking spaces. I don't like to step on the blue lines. I always step over them. I don't know what the deal is. I don't know if it's a fear of injury, or a disrespectful thing, or if I just don't want to think about something like that happening.

My best friend is disabled. There's nothing he hates more than being left out of the jokes, to be treated with kid gloves. That's the insult.

I'm definitely more understanding of people who have disabilities and who are suffering.

We have to show respect for that woman who has cerebral palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and we should help.

A lot of times, we look at people who have disabilities as, 'Oh, we can't invite these people here or there.' And I hate that, because it's inappropriate. It's so weird to me when people say they don't have friends who have disabilities.

Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us

There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.

Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.

I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.

We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of the 'right' reaction, so they default to condescension that makes them feel better in the face of their discomfort.

It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.

Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

I was recently appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. I am so excited that the President trusts me to advise him on things that are important to people with disabilities!

Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.

The mere suggestion that not speaking for a day can give you an appreciation of the social isolation that comes with the experience of disability, particularly those whose impairments prohibit them from communicating verbally, is insensitive at best.

I don't want to offend people.

If I can be an inspiration for someone, that's fine, but just don't look down on me. Don't say, 'Oh, you're in a wheelchair.'

As disabled people, we are taught from a young age that those who are attracted to us are to be regarded with suspicion.

As the mother of a son with disabilities, I try to keep an eye out for news that affects people in the large community of which he is a part.

You shall not curse the deaf.

People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in society.

People forget that everyone has feelings, regardless of their career choice.

Why do we let blind people and people in wheelchairs become citizens? I feel sorry for cripples, but that doesn't mean I want them in my country.

You really have to be careful about what you do and think about other people around you, as human beings who feel things, and you have to learn to be empathetic and notice the signs of people who are going through trouble.

I've played quite a lot of real people, and it carries a special responsibility.