What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The…

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

— Marlee Matlin

The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do…

— Marlee Matlin

Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the deaf, and the only link…

— Lord Chesterfield

The late Président de Montesquieu told me that he knew how to be blind--he had been so for such a long time--but I swear…

— Lord Chesterfield

I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams.

— Marlee Matlin

A fundamental requirement, overriding any other for this job, is an understanding of deafness-what it is and how it affects the educational experience.

— Paul Simon

There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I believe that…

— Marlee Matlin

“Or you may be such a thunderingly exalted creature as to be altogether deaf and blind to anything but heavenly sights and sounds. Then…

— Joseph Conrad

Nothing you say can ensure that the other person will get it, or respond the way you want. You may never exceed his threshold…

— Harriet Lerner

Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout, Our blindness is a dark profound, Our deafness each one laughs…

— Anonymous

For he who is not deaf, half a silence is enough.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that…

— Marlee Matlin

Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.

— Helen Keller

But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf…

— Richard Masur

“And the blind man said to the deaf man, "Do you see what I hear?”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman