Deafness Quotes

48 quotes by 37 authors

But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf person's… — Richard Masur
I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave. — Stephanie Beacham
Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life. — Marlee Matlin
We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark… — Barbara Jordan
Late have I loved Thee, O Lord; and behold, Thou wast within and I without, and there I sought Thee. Thou was with me when… — Saint Augustine
I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of… — Helen Keller
Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people. — Helen Keller
The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses;… — Ernst Mach
There are normal times when it is wholly admirable to be steadfast, resolute, unconflicted, and therefore when integrity is unmistakenly a virtue. The person of… — Simon Blackburn
A theologian who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they necessarily… — Pope Benedict XVI
No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth. Despite… — Eduardo Galeano
The students at Gallaudet University deserve our congratulations. They educated the nation about deafness, and won a long overdue victory for all disabled people. — Michael Dukakis
The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to… — John Cheever
Metaphorical tone deafness is when people are unable to discern what is of value in something. I think I'm tone deaf to poetry, for instance.… — Julian Baggini
My words are a whisper, your deafness a shout. — Jethro Tull
I have been writing in spurts, bit by bit. It is incredibly difficult. Everything is corroded, broken, dismantled; everything is covered with hardened layers of… — Boris Pasternak
Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout, Our blindness is a dark profound, Our deafness each one laughs about.… — Pierre-Jean de Beranger
Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that… — Frank Herbert
I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see. — David Hockney
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness. — Marlee Matlin

Who Wrote These Deafness Quotes

37 authors contributed a total of 48 Deafness Quotes, led by these top contributors: