Deaf Quotes

417 quotes by 313 authors

Deaf folk hear the fairies However soft their song; 'Tis we who lose the honey sound Amid the clamor all around That beats the whole… — Rose Fyleman
There are many doors to goodness. (Saying) 'glory to God,' 'praise be to God,' 'there is no deity but God,' enjoining good, forbidding evil, removing… — Muhammad
We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does envy have such… — Bonnie Friedman
True love is deemed to be the most tender of our emotions, as even the blind and deaf know; but I know, what few believe,… — Unknown Author
The analogy I like is this imagine being able to see the world but you are deaf, and then suddenly someone gives you the ability… — Albert Einstein
If you're deaf, dumb, and blind to what's happening in the world, you're under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what's happening… — Assata Shakur
The 'tide in the affairs of men' does not remain at the flood; it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent." — Heraclitus
There was once a fiddler who played so beauitully that everybody danced. A deaf man who could not hear the music considered them all insane.… — Richard Wurmbrand
Love's not only blind but deaf. — Alex Turner
Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf — Elias Canetti
I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most… — Claude Monet
It is the tyranny of hidden prejudices that makes us deaf to what speaks to us in tradition. — Hans-Georg Gadamer
Only through the medium of the public physical world can the mind of one person make a difference to the mind of another. The mind… — Gilbert Ryle
The question of souls is oldâ€”we demand our bodies, now. We are tired of promises, god is deaf, and his church is our worst enemy. — Voltairine de Cleyre
I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an encyclopedia, then you… — Terry Rossio
A cricket tour in Australia would be a most delightful period in one's life if one was deaf — Harold Larwood
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear… — John Berger
I never taught a blind/deaf chick to read, but somehow I've managed to turn Scrubs into a watchable show. That may not sound like much,… — Zach Braff
If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to destruction all the… — Ayn Rand

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