Deafness Quotes

“In rage, deaf as the sea, hasty as fire.”

“Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?”

“Il ne voit que la nuit, n'entend que le silence.”

“None so deaf as those that will not [[hear.”

“Like the majority of deaf people, I don't like blind people much.”

“O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!”

“Many Deaf people can't read or write English fluently because of 'language deprivation.”

“They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.”

“Deaf and blind and dumb and born to follow
What you need is someone strong to guide you”

“Pleasure and revenge
Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice
Of any true decision.”

“Now, as a cadet, your training barely covered the importance of how to interact with America's one million Deaf citizens.”

“Cha vel fer erbee cha bouyr, as eshyn nagh jean clashtyn.
• Translation: None is so deaf as the one who will not hear.”

“American Sign Language is naturally big and expressive. But some officers mistake it as wild or aggressive.”

“Deaf people reading lips is an impossibility. There's no way. It's something hearing people dreamt up. It's too easily misunderstood.”

“He cannot hear the skylark sing,
The music of the wild bee’s wing;
The murmur of the plaining bough ;
A gentle whisper fairy low;
The noise of falling waters near—
All these have left his mournful ear.”

“Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.  Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.”

“When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning: a deaf population absent-mindedly registers the condemnation of a man.  … there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.”

“Father Mulcahy: Dear Lord I know there must be a reason for this. But what is it? I answered the call to do your work. I've devoted my life to it, and now how am I supposed to do it? Lord, what good am I now? What good is a deaf priest? I've prayed to you to help me and every day I get worse. Are you deaf too?”

“The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important, than those of blindness.  Deafness is a much worse misfortune.  For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus — the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.”

“God:  Moses, this is the Lord, thy God, commanding you to obey my law.  Do you hear me?
Moses:  Yes, I hear you, I hear you...a deaf man could hear you!
God:  What?!
Moses:  Nothing, forget about it, Oh Lord!  Why have you chosen me?  What would you have me do for you?”