Edward Miner Gallaudet quotes

“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

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“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

Source : Edward Miner Gallaudet, Lance J. Fischer, David L. De Lorenzo (1983). “History of the College for the Deaf, 1857-1907”, p.255, Gallaudet University Press

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“As eternity is longer than time, as mind is stronger than matter, as thought is swifter than the wind, as genius is more potent than gold, so will the results of well-directed labors toward the development of man's higher faculties ever outweigh a thousand fold any estimate in the currency of commerce, which man can put upon such efforts.”
-- Edward Miner Gallaudet

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“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”

“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”

“Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.”

“...Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, and weight-loss tips.”

“We are continuously challenged to discover new works of culture—and, in the process, we don’t allow any one of them to assume a weight in our minds.”

“Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.”

“A good argument, like a good dialogue, is always a proof of life, but I'd much rather go and read a book.”

Source : "Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks". www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2012.

“The argument holds no water at all, not even a thimbleful.”

“GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.”

“The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.