A friend of mine has a son who became deaf through meningitis. He called me one spring and asked me to keep… — Stan Mikita Copy Share Image
Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think… — Millicent Simmonds Copy Share Image
Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you,… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Whereupon a strange euphoria came over me. Not only was I exiled, paralyzed, mute, half deaf, deprived of all pleasures, and reduced… — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
The vault above us is not deaf because the universe is an idiot; the silence is not the heartless silence of an… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I have no personal knowledge of, or experience with, paramilitary hate groups, or heart transplantation, or escapees from maximum security prisons, or… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
I believe, not theoretically, but from direct personal experience, that very few of the things that happen to us are purposeless or… — Iris Origo Copy Share Image
I'm in the action, but I'm not in the action. A lot of the interpreting I do sometimes borders on performance. It… — Jack Jason Copy Share Image
I knew a big part of why 'Strictly' approached me was because I am deaf. — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
If you sincerely desire a truly well-rounded education, you must study the extremists, the obscure and "nutty." You need the balance! Your… — Ivan Stang Copy Share Image
I was born partially deaf and suffered from labyrinthitis, which affected my balance. I had numerous ear infections and spent my childhood… — Jameela Jamil Copy Share Image
As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs. And as long as we have our films, we… — George Veditz Copy Share Image
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Cancer cells have a lot of other things that are really wrong with them, and we should never forget that these are… — Elizabeth Blackburn Copy Share Image
You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams. — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked… — Camryn Manheim Copy Share Image
Pretend those around you are deaf to your words. Let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions. This way of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When my mother took me to the movies in 1956 to see 'Love Me Tender' with Elvis Presley, what I didn't realize… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
So, for people who aren't aware: the biggest obstacle to having hearing loss is not having access to language. And there are… — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
In the deaf community, there is exactly that - a community. It's like nothing I see in the hearing world. It's old… — Rachel Shenton Copy Share Image
The Bible's blind, the Torah's deaf, the Qur'an is mute; if you burned them all together you'd get close to the truth. — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
