It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.

I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since.

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do.

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.

Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.

When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

I could feel the beginning of the story gathering in her throat. Stories are that way, like storms. If you pay attention, you can sense them in the air.

What the meaning of this period of unemployment is, now.One way to get at that definition is to ask ourselves, “What is this time for?

Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.

If you stay in your heart you will always be inspired and if you are inspired you will always be enthusiastic. There is nothing more contagious on this planet as enthusiasm.

But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.

sooner or later, if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.

We would want the solution to the safety problem before somebody figures out the solution to the AI problem.

You make learning fun. Like a children’s book or after school special. Tell me about your…um, Athenian women.

You cannot help the small men, by tearing down the big men.