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
To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind. — Alec Douglas-Home Copy Share Image
Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.” — Myron Uhlberg Copy Share Image
I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up always having 100 percent accessibility… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
On the other hand, there are only so many people who really knew how she was exactly, like what did her accent… — Mary Stuart Masterson Copy Share Image
Instead of giving in to the greatest misfortune that can happen at my age, deafness, I busy myself in searching out all… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV,… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
Deafness, though it be total and congenital, imposes no limits on the intellectual development of its subjects, save in the single direction… — Edward Miner Gallaudet Copy Share Image
Nothing you say can ensure that the other person will get it, or respond the way you want. You may never exceed… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrounds, of lead… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
I certainly wasn't seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students. My homemade education gave me,… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
The late Président de Montesquieu told me that he knew how to be blind--he had been so for such a long time--but… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The difference between deafness and any other disability is that there is no way to put yourself in a position of knowing… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz'… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism.… — I. King Jordan Copy Share Image
“Or you may be such a thunderingly exalted creature as to be altogether deaf and blind to anything but heavenly sights and… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory for all… — Michael Dukakis Copy Share Image
“Over the centuries people have blamed everything from eating a green chestnut to being cursed by a gypsy. Others have cited being… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
It amazes me when I hear any person prefer blindness to deafness. Such a person must have a terrible dread of being… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses to shut… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
I always say deafness is a silent disability: you can't see, and it's not life-threatening, so it has to touch your life… — Rachel Shenton Copy Share Image
But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout, Our blindness is a dark profound, Our deafness each… — Anonymous 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
John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And… — Sarah-Patton Boyle Copy Share Image
“It was very bad for me that my deafness happened at around the same time as I discovered my clitoris.” — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
None so blind, so deaf, as those that will not hear, that will not see. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“I didn’t hear any of that,” he said. “You didn’t?” “Nope. Chivalry occasionally causes deafness.” — Merrie Haskell Copy Share Image
All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
