Deafness Quote by Horace Walpole

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

— Marlee Matlin

It can be frustrating, playing a hearing person's perception of what a deaf person is like.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I hope that…

— Marlee Matlin

Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent."

— Heraclitus

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.

— Terri Farley

“One of the criticisms leveled at deaf people is that they’re rigid thinkers. For”

— Lou Ann Walker

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…

— Julian Baggini

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.

— David Hockney

“Do you think I'm deaf?" the deaf beggar asked. "I'm not deaf at all. It's just that it isn't worth hearing a whole world…

— Dara Horn

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.

— Shane Koyczan

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

— Marlee Matlin

There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.

— Richard Masur