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title: "111 Deafness Quotes by 73 authors"
description: "Browse 111 Deafness quotes by 73 authors. Discover the best Deafness sayings and thoughts."
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> [Deafness and sign language are extremely close to my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-shenton/deafness-and-sign-language-are-extremely-close-to-my-heart/)

[Rachel Shenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-shenton/)

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> [The world is his who can see through its pretension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-world-is-his-who-can-see-through-its-pretension/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/let-your-deafness-no-longer-be-a-secret-even-in-art/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

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> [The blind faith turns the spirit dumb and deaf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/the-blind-faith-turns-the-spirit-dumb-and-deaf/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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> [“Good music was meant to be loud!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmed-mostafa/good-music-was-meant-to-be-loud/)

[Ahmed Mostafa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmed-mostafa/)

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> [My words are a whisper, your deafness a shout.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jethro-tull/my-words-are-a-whisper-your-deafness-a-shout/)

[Jethro Tull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jethro-tull/)

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> [Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/your-tale-sir-would-cure-deafness/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Sign language is the noblest gift God has given to deaf people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-veditz/sign-language-is-the-noblest-gift-god-has-given-to-deaf-people/)

[George Veditz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-veditz/)

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> [What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/what-matters-deafness-of-the-ear-when-the-mind-hears-the-one-true/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlee-matlin/im-in-my-mid-30s-ive-won-an-oscar-i-have-four-children-you-figure-out/)

[Marlee Matlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlee-matlin/)

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> [To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/to-my-deafness-i-m-accustomed-to-my-dentures-i-m-resigned-i-can/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

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> [“If deafness is like polio Then what started it? The hearing or the people who hate the deaf.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoenix-z-courtney/if-deafness-is-like-polio-then-what-started-it-the-hearing-or-the/)

[Phoenix Z Courtney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoenix-z-courtney/)

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> [Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-keller/blindness-separates-us-from-things-but-deafness-separates-us-from/)

[Helen Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-keller/)

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> [I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlee-matlin/i-live-my-life-like-everyone-else-everyone-has-their-own-obstacles/)

[Marlee Matlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlee-matlin/)

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> [“My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myron-uhlberg/my-father-spoke-with-his-hands-he-was-deaf-his-voice-was-in-his-hands/)

[Myron Uhlberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myron-uhlberg/)

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> [All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-joubert/all-disputation-makes-the-mind-deaf-and-when-people-are-deaf-i-am-dumb/)

[Joseph Joubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-joubert/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-shenton/i-always-say-deafness-is-a-silent-disability-you-can-t-see-and-it-s/)

[Rachel Shenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-shenton/)

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> [But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/but-people-who-think-they-can-project-themselves-into-deafness-are/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

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> [Two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-patton-boyle/two-great-areas-of-deafness-existed-in-the-south-white-southerners/)

[Sarah-Patton Boyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-patton-boyle/)

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> [You called and shouted and burst my deafness. You flashed, shone, and scattered my blindness. You breathed odors, and I drew in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-called-and-shouted-and-burst-my-deafness-you-flashed-shone-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [John Glenn's father, known as Herschel, was mostly deaf from injuries in World War I. To help out at home, young Glenn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-dedman/john-glenn-s-father-known-as-herschel-was-mostly-deaf-from-injuries/)

[Bill Dedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-dedman/)

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> [Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout, Our blindness is a dark profound, Our deafness each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/old-age-doth-in-sharp-pains-abound-we-are-belabored-by-the-gout-our/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-baggini/metaphorical-tone-deafness-is-when-people-are-unable-to-discern-what/)

[Julian Baggini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-baggini/)

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> [As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs. And as long as we have our films, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-veditz/as-long-as-we-have-deaf-people-on-earth-we-will-have-signs-and-as/)

[George Veditz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-veditz/)

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> [There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlee-matlin/there-are-many-deaf-people-who-couldn-t-imagine-living-in-a-marriage/)

[Marlee Matlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlee-matlin/)

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> [I certainly wasn't seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students. My homemade education gave me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-haley/i-certainly-wasn-t-seeking-any-degree-the-way-a-college-confers-a/)

[Alex Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-haley/)

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> [Poor children live in a particularly dangerous world--an urban world of broken stair railings, of busy streets serving as playgrounds, of lead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-keniston/poor-children-live-in-a-particularly-dangerous-world-an-urban-world/)

[Kenneth Keniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-keniston/)

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> [Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-sacks/given-her-deafness-the-auditory-part-of-the-brain-deprived-of-its/)

[Oliver Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-sacks/)

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> [The difference between deafness and any other disability is that there is no way to put yourself in a position of knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/the-difference-between-deafness-and-any-other-disability-is-that/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

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> [“Art can blow us out of our pigeon hole. In deafness it may shout or scream, in blindness it may arrest our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/art-can-blow-us-out-of-our-pigeon-hole-in-deafness-it-may-shout-or/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

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> [Let's take my truck," Jim said as he hit the gravel. "Less noise." And it has a radio, right?" With tragic concentration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-ward/let-s-take-my-truck-jim-said-as-he-hit-the-gravel-less-noise-and-it/)

[J.R. Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-ward/)

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> [The late Président de Montesquieu told me that he knew how to be blind--he had been so for such a long time--but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-chesterfield/the-late-pr-sident-de-montesquieu-told-me-that-he-knew-how-to-be/)

[Lord Chesterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-chesterfield/)

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> [The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/the-irresistible-proliferation-of-graphomania-shows-me-that-everyone/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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> [“One of the greatest tragedies in my life is my deafness, for it's been over twenty years now since I've been able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-bunuel/one-of-the-greatest-tragedies-in-my-life-is-my-deafness-for-it-s-been/)

[Luis Buñuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-bunuel/)

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> [Why shouldn't I be interested in politics? That is to say, what blindness, what deafness, what density of ideology would have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/why-shouldn-t-i-be-interested-in-politics-that-is-to-say-what/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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> [“O you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me, you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-van-beethoven/o-you-men-who-think-or-say-that-i-am-malevolent-stubborn-or/)

[Ludwig van Beethoven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-van-beethoven/)

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> [I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlee-matlin/i-m-not-really-deaf-i-just-faked-it-to-win-the-oscar-kidding/)

[Marlee Matlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlee-matlin/)

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> [For he who is not deaf, half a silence is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/for-he-who-is-not-deaf-half-a-silence-is-enough/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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> [The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlee-matlin/the-handicap-of-deafness-is-not-in-the-ear-it-is-in-the-mind/)

[Marlee Matlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlee-matlin/)

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> [“And the blind man said to the deaf man, "Do you see what I hear?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-gerard-trotman/and-the-blind-man-said-to-the-deaf-man-do-you-see-what-i-hear/)

[Wayne Gerard Trotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-gerard-trotman/)

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## Top authors on Deafness

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-marlee-matlin-64476.jpg) Marlee Matlin 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deafness/marlee-matlin/)
- [Helen Keller 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deafness/helen-keller/)

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                        "text": "“Art can blow us out of our pigeon hole. In deafness it may shout or scream, in blindness it may arrest our attention, in numbness it may shake up our mind. If we don’t sense anything at all and take everything for granted, art can kick us in the ass, give a conscience and make us aware. (\"When is Art?\")”",
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                        "text": "Let's take my truck,\" Jim said as he hit the gravel. \"Less noise.\" And it has a radio, right?\" With tragic concentration Adrian started warming up his voice, sounding like a moose being backstroked by a chesse grater. Jim shook his head at Eddie as the doors opened \"How can you stand that racket?\" Selective deafness\" Teach me,master.",
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                        "text": "The late Président de Montesquieu told me that he knew how to be blind--he had been so for such a long time--but I swear that I do not know how to be deaf: I cannot get used to it, and I am as humiliated and distressed by it today as I was during the first week. No philosophy in the world can palliate deafness.",
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                        "text": "The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human species has good reason to go down into the streets and shout: we are all writers! for everyone is pained by the thought of disappearing, unheard and unseen, into an indifferent universe, and because of that everyone wants, while there is still time, to turn himself into a universe of words. one morning (and it will be soon), when everyone wakes up as a writer, the age of universal deafness and incomprehension will have arrived.",
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