“I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment...” — Sinead Burke Quote

“I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that remind me.”

“Having to re-articulate your values and, most importantly, your rights, is something that can be quite tiring and frustrating. However, I am meticulous and tenacious and will continue to do so, because I believe it's what's right. I believe it's what I should be doing.”

“I was born with the genetic condition called 'achondroplasia,' which I inherited from my dad: my mam is average height, and my dad is also a little person. I am the oldest of five children, and I am the only one who is a little person.”

“Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are multi-faceted - brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit.”

“With the rise of social media, it has given me an opportunity and a platform to have a voice as a blogger and as an activist, but it has also made me nervous that I might become a meme or a viral sensation, all without my consent.”

“For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.”

“Man is a child of his environment.”

“I still like going on the road and performing, but it's getting tougher. I try to have my wife and the twins with me but it's getting harder and harder for them. They need to be in a home environment and not traveling with me.”

“I make photographs and still make photographs of the natural environment. It's a love because that was part of my life before I was involved in photography.”

“Trees are key to not only protecting our environment, but our way of life.”

“I like going to a new environment with open eyes.”