Deafness Quotes

Your tale sir, would cure deafness. - William Shakespeare

What matters deafness of the ears when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind. - Victor Hugo

We have not solved that problem yet, even after hundreds of years of people ... trying to learn about deafness and how it impacts language learning. - Jennifer Howell

We have made mistakes. In our haste to do all things for all people, we did not foresee the full consequences of our actions. And when the people raised their voices, we didn't hear. But our deafness was only a temporary condition, and not an irreversible condition. - Barbara Jordan

We are constantly searching out events and things where we can interact with deaf people or learn more about deafness and deaf education. - Maribeth Lartz

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? - Frank Herbert

The simple truth is, in some cases, the lucky ones die. I've seen children suffering from paralysis, blindness, deafness. - Robert Torricelli

The prime minister, after two months of deafness, is realizing the gravity of the situation he has created in the country. - Julien Dray

The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses; but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as the creation of his senses. - Ernst Mach

The organizations of men, like men themselves, seem subject to deafness, near-sightedness, lameness, and involuntary cruelty. We seem tragically unable to help one another, to understand one another. - John Cheever