John Waters Quotes

It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.

Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives.

Special education is nothing but holding cells for children on the way to the penitentiary.

Down syndrome kids can learn. Like Corky. That's the way I feel about it... For those kids who have Down syndrome, to give them a chance.

I'm amazed when I hear my daughters with their friends. They'll just talk openly about, 'Yeah, he used to be a girl and now he's a boy.' It gives me a lot of hope... It's so matters of fact. It's like they're saying blue and yellow make green. I love that.

I think our kids live an extraordinarily different life than what I lived growing up. Pretty much everything about their life is different than mine was.

It is one of the triumphs of modern society that the life of the average person with Down Syndrome has become strikingly normal.

I'm very happy to be part of a generation where you don't have to say that you're gay. It's just like, 'I'm dating a dude,' or, 'I'm dating a girl,' and I love it. I think it's a great time.

Anyone who thinks they're a progressive should be interested in making progress.

When I was a kid, I don't think I even knew what being gay was, and now it's just part of our culture. It's changing so rapidly right now. It's great.

We need our children in Jamaica - especially those suffering with dyslexia, autism, cerebral palsy - to get more attention.

Having L.G.B.T. people sitting in the room while decisions are being made, and sitting there as peers, will shift the conversation.

Our belief is that aspirations, meritocracy, and a world class institution are the three ingredients our country needs.

America is Tiger Woods country for a reason, and she elected Barack Obama to punctuate this new reality.

When I was in primary school I was in a special needs group, which is the polite way of saying the dopey kids.

While nothing is perfect or complete in the battle for civil rights, the efforts of Dr. King and those like him have in fact, changed the country and the world for the better in noticeable ways. His vision has made the world a more equal place, and if not equal, it has helped to ensure that minorities have a voice.

I dream of Poland becoming a modern society that is defined not by the crippling nature of history, but by our individual achievements, a sense of our own self-worth and ideas for the future.

What we need to do is open our eyes, smell the coffee and just understand what the society has become. Today, I can discuss many things with my 15-year-old son which I could not talk about with my father.

We must stop looking to the past and focus on ensuring everyone has a stake in the future.

Three components - education, equality and empowerment - play an important and pivotal role in moving the country forward in every aspect.

Obama is the first African-American president, and for some people, that means a great deal, and for some people, it means very little.

Due to the closure of many deaf schools in the U.K., deaf children are forced to attend mainstream school. I don't mind this idea: I think it's inclusive, and it better prepares children for life in a hearing world. I don't mind this idea - if that child gets the right support.

I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.

My wife has a public charter school for children with dyslexia. Almost every one of them has failed in a public school.

I have gay people in my family who weren't able to openly discuss homosexuality, and I feel like that's shifted, especially here on the coast.