Deaf Quotes · Page 7

Love is deaf. You can't just tell someone you love them. You have to show it. ~

— Ritu Ghatourey

He who cannot read is worse than deaf and blind, is yet but half alive, is still-born.

— Henry David Thoreau

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

— Anonymous

There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being…

— Jean de la Bruyere

I wonder if it's rude for a deaf person to talk with food in their hands.

— Demetri Martin

I've seen the needless struggles that deaf children and deaf people face, and that gave me the impetus to write.

— Rachel Shenton

Most of the deaf people I know are proud to be deaf, and whole and complete.

— Paul Raci

Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control.

— Eric Sykes

It is my hope that, by sharing my thoughts and feelings, I will encourage you to think about how you can improve…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish…

— Candace Kita

I finally got help after a tennis match with my wife. I couldn't hear her across the net. She finally smashed her…

— Lorne Greene

If it wasn't for 'EastEnders,' I would never have gotten 'Strictly,' and 'EastEnders' were the ones that were brave enough to hire…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

My whole family is Deaf. My husband's Deaf, my sons are Deaf. It's very familiar to me and is very real and…

— Lauren Ridloff

Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make…

— Carlos Castaneda

I'm thrilled to be able to have the opportunity to shift the attention to subtitles and accessibility for deaf and hard of…

— Lauren Ridloff

“May the blind see the forms, May the deaf hear sounds. May the naked find clothing, The hungry find food; May the…

— Shantideva

Deaf people are struggling to find their favorite show or something that represents them. It's hard. There are some examples of shows…

— Sean Berdy

I'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake up and…

— Marlee Matlin

I know what it's like to be growing up, called 'deaf and mute' and 'deaf and dumb.' They're words that are very…

— Marlee Matlin

I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As…

— Anonymous

If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to…

— Ayn Rand

Texting has definitely improved the communication between the deaf and hearing communities, but it shouldn't be... a substitute for learning the language…

— Millicent Simmonds

If blind people wear sunglasses, why don't deaf people wear earmuffs?

— Bob Monkhouse

“Gonna pretend to be a deaf mute who knows no sign one day, meet a woman, and we'll write for the rest…

— Darnell Lamont Walker

If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

“Sometimes the loudest things in the world are the things you can´t hear at all~”

— Paula Acedo

“Butler: Do you think I look deaf? William: Whadda I know. You look like you could be anything.”

— Richmal Crompton

Policing of the disabled and how many deaf people get shot by cops is sort of insane. And it's not talked about.

— Wyatt Cenac

I am going slightly deaf in my right ear. It's tinnitus... something like that.

— Louis Tomlinson

I am not deaf. I hear the anger. I see the dissatisfaction, and I have to go faster.

— Francois Hollande

Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts . . .

— John Muir

“Some people are color-blind; some are intellectually-deaf.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The same battle in the clouds will be known to the deaf only as lightning and to the blind only as thunder.

— George Santayana

Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.

— I. King Jordan

I'm a Coda, a child of deaf adults. I belong to an international organisation. There's Codas all over the world.

— Paul Raci

So the blind will lead the blind, and the deaf shout warnings to one another until their voices are lost.

— Norman Mailer

Having deaf parents shaped my whole life because back in the day there was no technology that could help them.

— Paul Raci

Air ye deaf, lass?" I think. He might have called me a hairy jackass

— Karen Marie Moning