Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me. "
Stevie Wonder
Fun
Tree
Apple
Related Quotes:
" Blind don't mean you can't, you know, listen. "
Stevie Wonder
You
Mean
Listen
" I've had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life. "
Stevie Wonder
Happen
Life
My Life
" People can misconstrue closeness for love. "
Stevie Wonder
People
Closeness
Love
" You can't base your life on other people's expectations. "
Stevie Wonder
Your
Expectations
Life
" You know, I always when people ask me, like, what is my most favorite song, I quote Duke Ellington, when they would ask him, what's his favorite composition? And I say, I haven't written it yet. Because, you know, there are different songs for different occasions. "
Stevie Wonder
People
Know
Me
" I've had threats. "
Stevie Wonder
Had
Threats
" My mother had a rule, obviously, that I couldn't go across the street by myself, but I had to find a way of doing it. "
Stevie Wonder
Doing
Myself
Street
" Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. "
Stevie Wonder
Ability
Keep
May
" I am not a normal man. "
Stevie Wonder
I Am
Am
Man
" If you don't ask, you don't get. "
Stevie Wonder
Get
You
Motivational
" I remember the beginnings of the Kurzweil reading machine. I was one of the first to meet Ray Kurzweil and purchase the reading machine in Boston. To think that the machine was at least two and a half large suitcases at the time, and now you have a camera and it takes a picture and you have sound. "
Stevie Wonder
Camera
Think
Reading
" Ya gots to work with what you gots to work with. "
Stevie Wonder
Ya
Work
You
" The right to bear arms? What about the right to live? "
Stevie Wonder
About
Arms
Bear
" I'm concerned about how accessible guns are. "
Stevie Wonder
Guns
How
About
" This is like one thing that I've tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better. "
Stevie Wonder
Appreciate
Better
Think
" No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music. "
Stevie Wonder
World
Love
Life
" Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage. "
Stevie Wonder
You
Black
Thought
" Of course I read Braille, yes. "
Stevie Wonder
Course
Braille
Read
" My father really was not the dominant person who raised the family, it was my mother who raised the family. "
Stevie Wonder
Dominant
Person
Mother
" I am all for stem cell research. "
Stevie Wonder
Stem Cell Research
I Am
Research
" I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it. "
Stevie Wonder
God
Love
Me
" Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things. "
Stevie Wonder
Blessed
Sometimes
I Am
" I know there are thousands of images of me. "
Stevie Wonder
Know
Me
Thousands
" I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across. "
Stevie Wonder
Way
Rap
Message
" I do believe in women. I really do. "
Stevie Wonder
Really
Believe
Women
" I used to say that if something happened to my mother, I wanted to die with her. That's because I loved her so much. I want to live so I can carry out the essence of what she has shown me: kindness and goodness. "
Stevie Wonder
Die
Live
Loved
" First of all, I'm no better than the next person. "
Stevie Wonder
First
Better
Next
" I am all for anything that is going to better equip a person who is physically challenged in any way, to have an opportunity to be able to do what they are able to do. "
Stevie Wonder
Opportunity
Person
Way
" I might sing a gospel song in Arabic or do something in Hebrew. I want to mix it up and do it differently than one might imagine. "
Stevie Wonder
Sing
Imagine
Gospel
" What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period. "
Stevie Wonder
World
Hate
Love