Deaf Quotes

“Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven

“Silence is a lie that screams at the light.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.”
― Edward T. Hall, The Silent Language

“People tend to pay attention to the guy who shouts and ignore the one who whispers.”
― Kelly Moran, Tracking You

“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper...”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

“Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf.”
― Paul Tournier

“If I hadn't lost my hearing, I wouldn't be where I am now. It forced me to maximize my own potential. I have to be better than the average person to succeed.”
― Lou Ferrigno

“Do not shout at me, Mr. Quill," said John [Adams]. "Justice may be blind, but she is not deaf.”
― Orson Scott Card, Heartfire

“For the rest of our lives, all we can hear are our names chanted over and over, until we are deaf to everything else.”
― Sherman Alexie, Reservation Blues

“...You won't even see what is put right on the table before you. Men. If it was raining soup you'd be out there with a fork.”
― Robin Hobb, Golden Fool

“Ken brought my hand to his lips and kissed it. I'd been paying so much attention to Ken, I didn't know what happened during the game. I don't think anyone cared too much what the outcome was after Ken's at bat.

"Do you know who won?" I asked Cooper, who automatically translated into sign language for Shawn.

Shawn laughed his odd laugh and signed something back. He looked at Ken, who had an arm wrapped possessively around my waist.

Cooper grinned. "Shawn says it looks like you did, Jordie.”
― Z.A. Maxfield, Physical Therapy

“Scissors! Scissors! Have ye got yer ane scissors?? Are ye deaf??”
― Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“We're deaf men working as musicians; we play the music but we can't hear it.”
― Sebastian Faulks, Engleby

“You didn’t know your dog was deaf?” “No, we thought it was stupid.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“The same battle in the clouds will be known to the deaf only as lightning and to the blind only as thunder.”
― George Santayana

“Heavy are the hands that bear the signs.”
― Mickey Carolan, Mom Dad Not Hear: 30 Powerful Stories and Lessons about Leadership, Life, and Love from My Deaf Parents

“Do you ever wish you could hear?"
"I can hear. I just listen differently than you."
hardcover page 270”
― Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

“Mr. Lazar says, "Hearing loss is just that, a loss. It can be just as traumatic as losing a loved one or a pet, and it takes time to move on. So I wonder, have you all really given yourselves, and especially Rayne, enough time to grieve her loss?"
Hardcopy pg. 287”
― Kerry O'Malley Cerra, Hear Me

“A man who has no discipline to keep a deaf ear to words born out of anger, jealousy, and envy will spend all his life fighting a defeated war.”
― Lord Uzih

“and they're all going on about how she should have been wearing her hearing aids ... and no one's saying she shouldn't have been shot”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“Deaf people have always found a way to sign with each other”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“I wonder how people who are Deaf even know when they aren't hearing something. How cold you miss something you don't know is there?”
― Alex Gino, You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

“Blind is incapable of hearing, Deaf is incapable of speaking, and Dumb is incapable of seeing; expect nothing if you are among them for justice.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Blind is incapable of seeing, Deaf is incapable of hearing, and Dumb is incapable of speaking; expect nothing if you are among them for justice.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Deaf, Dumb, Blind
***
A life breathes
In its past, present
And future
It might be
Or might not be.

Most of it
The past was a deaf
Don't hear; it is a terrible
The present is a dumb
Don't tell; it is a bitter
The future will be a blind
Don't look; it is a dark

However, I breathed
I breathe
I shall breathe

Be happy
With adopting,
To be deaf, dumb, and blind
Otherwise, bear and wear
Wish in the heart
Tears in the eyes
To disappear
Forever.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“A protest without a practical objective is meaningless. You can't join the movement for the thrill of the cause.”
― Michael C. Haymes

“You once told me that you can't remember who you want to be,' Memphis said. She came in close, like the day we had first met. 'There are always moments in life when we lose ourselves, but we're never lost. Not really. Sometimes we just can't see who we are, or who we have been, to the people around us--the ones we love, those who love us. Sometimes, you just have to remember that you made it this far. You can go a little longer.”
― Michael C, Haymes

“Love doesn’t fail when we are different. It fails when we stop trying to understand each other.”
― Sandra Sloat, We Never Spoke the Same Language

“I wasn’t asking to be heard loudly. I was asking to be heard truly.”
― Sandra Sloat, We Never Spoke the Same Language

“Some people listen with their ears. Some listen with their heart. The difference is everything.”
― Sandra Sloat, We Never Spoke the Same Language