Animal Quote by Ken Robinson

The fact that all our ape cousins - chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans - can acquire signs - is powerful evidence that our hominid ancestors'…

— Roger Fouts

I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why?…

— Douglas Adams

American Sign Language is my native tongue. That's the first thing that I learned to communicate with.

— Paul Raci

There's so much great imagery in sign language.

— Paul Raci

“No other animals have collective intentionality combined with words. A few other animal species do have symbolic communication of a sort. Elephants appear to…

— Lisa Feldman Barrett

“If you want to communicate with an ape, try communicating about these topics. Just remember to keep it simple. You may be surprised. Boyce…

— Denise D.Cummins

I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign language before the spoken word.…

— Matt Reeves

“Sign is a live, contemporaneous, visual-gestural language and consists of hand shapes, hand positioning, facial expressions, and body movements. Simply put, it is for…

— Myron Uhlberg

The importance of an artist is bringing new signs into a language.

— Steve Sabol

In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

Sign language is the noblest gift God has given to deaf people.

— George Veditz

When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids…

— Marlee Matlin