Adults Quote by Reif Larsen

When I was very young, I didn't talk a lot. If an adult was speaking, I was listening. I think it was the moment…

— Brandi Rhodes

I hadn't really noticed that I had a hearing problem. I just thought most people had given up on speaking clearly.

— Hal Linden

“From what I can tell, the chief distinguishing factor between children and adults is that children hear everything while appearing not to and adults…

— Stephen McCauley

I've had so much scrutiny over the way I speak, I've learned to ignore all the noise but at first it was really hurtful.

— Dorit Kemsley

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming…

— Malala Yousafzai

I had problems getting my words out. If people spoke directly to me, I understood what they said. But when the grownups got to…

— Temple Grandin

I hate when people don't hear the actual words out of your mouth or even the intent of it. They just hear something completely…

— Lea Thompson

I lay in bed the night before the fishing trip and thought it over, about my being deaf, about the years of not letting…

— Ken Kesey

They thought I was deaf when I was a kid because I was always totally off in my own little world.

— Lynne Ramsay

One of the things that I discovered in lecturing was that gradually one ceased to hear what one said one heard what the audience…

— Gertrude Stein

I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets:

— Sara Gruen

Oh contraire, mon frère. I’m able to annoy all adults in ten syllables or less. Sometimes, I don’t even have to speak at all.…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon