“And the blind man said to the deaf man, "Do you see what I hear?” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend,… — Stephanie Beacham Copy Share Image
I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“For so long I’d been doing what I’d accused other people of doing—I was seeing the deafness, not the people.” — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together. — I. King Jordan Copy Share Image
“Life calls for the highest order of deafness; then we can be, so to speak, happy. It” — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
“Does sound have rhythm? Does it rise and fall like the ocean? Does sound come and go like wind?” — Myron Uhlberg Copy Share Image
A theologian who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Relatedness is vital in a time when so many people suffer from social deafness. Emotional insensitivity being caused by a redoubtable “tin… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
“I'm always trying to figure out what's really going on. Always having to fill in the gaps, but never getting all the… — Chrissie Keighery (Perry Copy Share Image
No history of the world can be complete which does not mention Mary Helen Keller... whose overcoming of her blindness and deafness… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
The world is his who can see through its pretension. What deafness, what stone-blind custom, what overgrown error you behold, is there… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It's different for each individual. It's different when you talk about homosexuality. It's different when you talk about a malady like deafness.… — Famke Janssen Copy Share Image
A fundamental requirement, overriding any other for this job, is an understanding of deafness-what it is and how it affects the educational… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture,… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Brimstone: '...I shall smite thee with my fightful blasting wand so that thy teeth shall drop out, thy skin shall wrinkle, thou… — Herbie Brennan Copy Share Image
Late have I loved you, O beauty ever ancient, ever new. Late have I loved you. You have called to me, and… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“When we still our mind and stroll through the human landscapes around us, we can see astounding images sneaking from undisclosed places,… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Deafness produces bizarre effects, reversing the natural order of things; the interchange of letters is the conversation of the deaf, and the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I had once believed that we were all masters of our fate--that we could mold our lives into any form we pleased...… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest tragedies in my life is my deafness, for it's been over twenty years now since I've been able… — Luis Buñuel Copy Share Image
Why shouldn't I be interested in politics? That is to say, what blindness, what deafness, what density of ideology would have to… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness. — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
“If deafness is like polio Then what started it? The hearing or the people who hate the deaf.” — Phoenix Z Courtney Copy Share Image
Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
