Silence is a lie that screams at the light.
Dumbness comes from the fact that a child is born deaf and that it consequently never learns how to articulate, for it is by the medium of hearing that such instruction is acquired.
I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
The court today, just as in 1776, is deaf to the voices of the people and their repeated entreaties: they have become arrogant, contemptuous, highhanded, and literal despots.
If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.
If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.
There is research proving that deaf people have increased visual abilities.
I think the biggest misconception is that people think deaf people are not able to do things.
I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do.
Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.
I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
Policing of the disabled and how many deaf people get shot by cops is sort of insane. And it's not talked about.
I am a little deaf now. Without my hearing aids in, I miss a lot of peripheral sounds. I had tinnitus, too, for a while.
People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.
I wanted to be a lead singer in a band. I can't sing. I'm almost tone deaf. I still play. Next life, rock'n'roll for sure.
I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.
All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.
As a sexually fluid deaf man, I know that embracing all our identities is the way to thrive and to overcome the limitations and prejudices that surround us.
I am one hundred percent ready to be a spokesperson for the deaf community.
