Quotes About Deaf

The deaf don't believe in silence. Silence is the invention of the hearing.

I can't read lips.

Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf.

I was the only student she'd taught who'd actually known any deaf people. Most of the students in my courses were there because they'd seen a movie or read a Helen Keller book.

And then she made a sign that sent a chill up my spine. It was a slang sign meaning "I'm deaf," but it's crudely done, made by putting the thumb in the ear and turning the rest of the hand downward—almost as if the hand is a donkey's ears.

One story was about a deaf man who was driving in the country, when safety bars were lowered across the road at a railroad crossing. The train passed, but the bars weren't raised. Finally, the man went to the stationmaster and wrote him a note: "Please but." That's the punch line. The joke is that the sign for "but" is the index fingers crossed and then opening up, just the way the bars protecting train tracks do.

American Sign Language—ASL—is a language unto itself, with its own syntax and grammar. Adjectives follow nouns, as in Romance languages.

there are signs that are parodies of actual objects and that retain a cleverness even for deaf people. Indeed, these signs are to sight what onomatopoeia is to sound.

Like virtually all schools for the deaf at that time, the Indiana State School emphasized oral skills: speaking and lipreading.

When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.

I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams.

Who is that?" Alec asked, puzzled by the man's silence. "That's Rhiri. He's deaf, mute, and absolutely loyal. Best servant I ever found.

I have a strange illusion quite often. I think I've become deaf. I have to make a little noise to prove I'm not. I clear my throat to show myself that everything is normal. It's like the little Japanese girl they found in the ruins of Hiroshima. Everything dead; and she was singing to her doll.

One writes things and the implications shriek- it's like suddenly realizing one's deaf.

Kindness is a language the blind can see and the deaf can hear.

Kindness is a Language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

After a few months without writing, months I've lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence.

Love is blind, there was no doubt about it. In Tara's case it was also deaf, dumb, dyslexic, had a bad hip and the beginnings of Alzheimer's

My girlfriend and I went to a dinner party the other night and we ended up playing charades. There was another couple there that was deaf. They were so good.

Past is deaf. Future is mute. Present is blind.

How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?

Between the intention and the act, life was often a tale told to the deaf. •

Robert pointed at Lacey and then made the sign for "hearing," but instead of making it at his mouth, he made it at his forehead. It was a sign given to Deaf people who acted like hearing people. It wasn't a compliment.

The most happy marriage I can picture would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.