Deafness Quotes
Collection of top 33 famous quotes about Deafness
Deafness Quotes & Sayings
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I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.
— David Hockney
To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind.
— Alec Douglas-Home
By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.
— Horace Walpole
My words are a whisper, your deafness a shout.
— Jethro Tull
What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.
— Victor Hugo
When humanity's deafness to simple common sense is allowed to reign, the implications for the world can only be catastrophic.
— Robert H. Lieberman
Does sound have rhythm? Does it rise and fall like the ocean? Does sound come and go like wind?
— Myron Uhlberg
I knew whatever I said right then she wouldn't hear; with that kind of pain, a deafness comes.
— Sarah Dessen
Pain collected into deep pockets and I was aware of this painbut somehow I could not seem to feel it. It was like a body-deafness.
— Karen Russell
And Judith, the young girl dreaming, not living, in her complete detachment and imperviousness to actuality almost like physical deafness.
— William Faulkner
A bigot is a stone-deaf orator.
— Kahlil Gibran
The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
— Marlee Matlin
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.
— Marlee Matlin
I didn't hear any of that," he said. "You didn't?" "Nope. Chivalry occasionally causes deafness.
— Merrie Haskell
We all have our handicaps. You're not mine.
— Kelly Moran
It's ironic that it was not until I lost my hearing that I finally found my voice. Sign language saved my soul.
— Rosie Malezer
My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.
— Myron Uhlberg
Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.
— Ludwig Van Beethoven
DEAFNESS DOESN'T PREVENT COMPOSERS HEARING THE MUSIC. IT PREVENTS THEM HEARING THE DISTRACTIONS.
— Terry Pratchett
Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.
— William Shakespeare
Nothing you say can ensure that the other person will get it, or respond the way you want. You may never exceed his threshold of deafness.
— Harriet Lerner
I practise selective deafness to hurtful remarks.
— Scott Lynch
Although her hearing was excellent, she had that gift of temporary deafness that is granted to so few.
— Tom Holt
Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life.
— Marlee Matlin
And the blind man said to the deaf man, Do you see what I hear?
— Wayne Gerard Trotman
I think the deafness affects me more than I realise; I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.
— Stephanie Beacham
The removal of his infected adenoids and tonsils had not cured Keziah's deafness, but had improved it markedly. He
— Diana Gabaldon
It was very bad for me that my deafness happened at around the same time as I discovered my clitoris.
— Jeanette Winterson