Deaf Quotes · Page 5

I can preach until your deaf and dumb, I'm in that soul saving army beating on that big bass drum.

— Elvis Presley

The time-deaf are unable to speak what they know. For speech needs a sequence of words, spoken in time.

— Alan Lightman

The Americans have no faith, they rely on the power of a dollar; they are deaf to sentiment.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I, deaf, blind, find life rich and interesting, how much more can you gain by the use of your five senses!

— Helen Keller

Cocaine made people deaf, it made people dead and it made people real obnoxious.

— Linda Ronstadt

Deaf fans are not satisfied, they need more. We want to see more deaf people on the screen.

— Lauren Ridloff

As a deaf actor, doing Shakespeare feels quite scary. But I feel like I get braver all the time.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

Faith is blind...to impossibilities and deaf to doubt. It listens only to God.

— S. D Gordon

Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect…

— Thomas A. Edison

I will love you till a mute women tells his deaf friend about a blind women that saw a girl with no…

— Anonymous

I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little important and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities,…

— Voltaire

I discovered that seventeen-year-old girls have such huge verbal energy that their brain drives them to expend it every twenty seconds. On…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and…

— James Nachtwey

Sorrow and frustration have their power. The world is moved by people with great discontents. Happiness is a drug. It can make…

— Winifred Holtby

I see thou art implacable, more deaf To pray'rs than winds and seas. Yet winds to seas Are reconcil'd at length, and…

— John Milton

“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a…

— Criss Jami

Nothing is bigger than life. There's nothing noble in death. What's noble about never seeing the sunshine again? What's noble about having…

— Dalton Trumbo

The transept belfry and the two towers were to him three great cages, the birds in which, taught by him, would sing…

— Victor Hugo

Until I lose my soul and lie Blind to the beauty of the earth, Deaf though shouting wind goes by, Dumb in…

— Sara Teasdale

Be deaf unto the suggestions of tale-bearers, calumniators, pick-thank or malevolent detractors, who, while quiet men sleep, sowing the tares of discord…

— Thomas Browne

When I grew up, there were no teletypewriters or video calls, so I primarily interpreted phone calls. At that time, where I…

— Jack Jason

Most people think visual information is more important than aural information - like, what's this big deal about sound? And why should…

— Gordon Hempton

Ah, many a one has started forth with hope and purpose high; Has fought throughout a weary life, and passed all pleasure…

— George Arnold

“My sister Amy lives above a deaf girl and has learned quite a bit of sign language. She taught some to me…

— David Sedaris

The deaf community and the hearing community, there's not always a ton of interaction.

— Constance Marie

Kindness is a language which deaf can hear and blind can see.

— Mark Twain

“Language is a key. I felt so many doors were opening to me.”

— Ann Clare LeZotte

The deaf community relies so much on eye contact, expression and body language. It's such a huge part of who we are.

— Millicent Simmonds

The loss of my sight was a great fillip. If I could go deaf and dumb I think I might pant on…

— Samuel Beckett

I never really dreamed of becoming an actor because I've seen how hard it is within the deaf community.

— Lauren Ridloff

None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.

— Matthew Henry

I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience.

— Jayne Meadows

It's been incredibly special to be 'EastEnders' first regular deaf actor.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

“Music is inaudible to deaf people, just as dancing is invisible to me.”

— Jarod Kintz

They thought I was deaf when I was a kid because I was always totally off in my own little world.

— Lynne Ramsay

I think you can't deny that because the cochlear implant exists, the signing world is shrinking.

— Andrew Solomon

Just remember if we get caught, you're deaf and I don't speak English.

— Rick Riordan

There is neither a cure for nor a way to repair autism. There is no implant like there is for the deaf.

— Andrew Solomon

I'm almost completely deaf anyway. So I'm worried. I'm very worried.

— Robert Pattinson

“Oh, the things we can achieve when we aspire to the greatness within ourselves.”

— Anonymous