You can tame feral cats, but you are never gonna get them like a cat that's been socialized at a very young age.

There needs to be a lot more emphasis on what a child CAN do, instead of what he cannot do.

What would happen if the autism gene was eliminated from the gene pool? You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and socializing and not getting anything done.

I am different, not less

The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play; I'm always in a play.

If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing.

Nature is cruel but we don't have to be

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?

Wings can only flyas long as the bird flies Soul blackens when you put on vestment of lies White candle wax criesfor ignitable wickJealous people burnto make your heart feel sick

It is impossible in our condition of Society not to be sometimes a Snob.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

Counting your blessings is a better cure for insomnia than counting sheep - you can fall asleep before you get through half of them.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

I look up to people who succeed in accomplishing their dreams.

Whatever struggle happened between brothers, let us forget about it and turn the page forever and live united.

I will love you until the day they put me in the earth.

The present syllabus in our high schools corresponds almost exactly to what was known in 1640.

On a few words of what is real in the world I nourish myself. I defend myself against Whatever remains.