Rosemary Mahoney Quotes

One of the most persistent misconceptions about blindness is that it is a curse from God for misdeeds perpetrated in a past life, which cloaks the blind person in spiritual darkness and makes him not just dangerous, but evil.

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

I remember my uncle and my father telling me that my mother didn't want me because I was blind. She thought being blind was a disgrace and a punishment from God.

I think Jews are the smartest people in the world.

I think my sense of humor is Jewish. I'm smarter than most white people, which is kind of a Jewish thing, too.

If someone's intimidated by me, that's something they have to deal with. When I walk down the streets of New York and an old woman grabs her purse when I pass by, I'm not going to give it a whole lot of energy because I'm not in the wrong. I'm a millionaire, and I'm not thinking about grabbing an old woman's purse.

My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do.

You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.

If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.

One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual.

I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.

People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.

Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.

Devils are worse than Indians.

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

I think 'ex-model,' especially in the UK, smacks of being shallow and stupid and having no soul.

The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb.

We're the victims of a disease called social prejudice, my child. These dear ladies of the law and order league are scouring out the dregs of the town. C'mon be a glorified wreck like me.

Everybody is a dumb blonde at heart.

I heard someone say that all black people got rhythm. Bullshit.

Certain names always awake certain prejudices.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification...It's these respectable people here who create those hooligans out there.

If you're a member of a despised group, look out! They'll find a drug and associate you with its use. There are a lot of people in the gay community using methamphetamine and paying taxes and going to work and doing well.