Gallaudet Quotes:

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

- Marlee Matlin

source: "Pam's House Blend mini-interview with Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin". Interview with Pam Spaulding, shadowproof.com. March 24, 2007.

topic: People, Deaf, Gallaudet

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

topic: Appreciation, Intellectual, Development, Intellectual Development, Gallaudet

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

source: "Gallaudet University Interview With Former President I. King Jordan". Interview with Ken Adelman, www.washingtonian.com. March 1, 2006.

topic: College, Thinking, Issues, Gallaudet

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

topic: Congratulations, People, Long, Gallaudet, Deafness

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

topic: Technology, People, Focus, Gallaudet

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

- Tom Harkin

topic: Hero, Community, Together, Gallaudet

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

- Paul Simon

topic: Country, Powerful, Messages, Gallaudet