Deaf Quotes

“Deaf people are struggling to find their favorite show or something that represents them. It's hard. There are some examples of shows that have a deaf storyline in one episode, like Cold Case, or another show where they are focusing on the cochlear implant or the medical aspect.”

“I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up always having 100 percent accessibility to language and communication, which was wonderful and something so many deaf people don't have.”

“Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf.”

“I am not deaf. I hear the anger. I see the dissatisfaction, and I have to go faster.”

“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.”

“Relatedness is vital in a time when so many people suffer from social deafness. Emotional insensitivity being caused by a redoubtable “tin ear” makes it impossible to hear any signs of empathy or capture the vibrant qualities of ‘sharing’. ("Only needed a light ")”

“At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.”

“But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness”

“Gonna pretend to be a deaf mute who knows no sign one day, meet a woman, and we'll write for the rest of our lives.”

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