Hearing Loss Quotes

55 quotes by 41 authors

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. — Italo Calvino
The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee. — Jean Cocteau
Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity… — George Kennedy
Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with them in getting… — Marion Ross
Rule number one is, make sure that you face the person with hearing loss when you are speaking to them. — Marion Ross
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
Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly,… — Helen Keller
The District of Columbia is one gigantic ear. — Ronald Reagan
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Listening is not merely not talking...it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told to us. — Andrew Miller
Sweet is every sound, sweeter the voice, but every sound is sweet. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears. — Mark Antony
Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave, This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found, Muse, that presides o'er… — Abraham Coles
See with your ears and hear with your eyes. — Ken Kesey
Delivers in such apt and gracious words that aged ears play truant at his tales; And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble… — William Shakespeare
Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. — William Shakespeare
And in some perfumes there is more delight than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well… — William Shakespeare
Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the… — Ludwig van Beethoven
Yet it was impossible for me to say to people, 'Speak louder, shout, for I am deaf.' Ah, how could I possibly admit an infirmity… — Ludwig van Beethoven

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