Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

[On being deaf:] How much less pain there is in calmly estimating the enjoyments from which we must separate ourselves, of bravely saying, for once and for ever, 'Let them go,' than in feeling them waste and dwindle, till their very shadows escape from our grasp!

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.

The deaf community relies so much on eye contact, expression and body language. It's such a huge part of who we are.

Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL.

Deafness and sign language are extremely close to my heart.

You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.

Say what you want about the deaf.

I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus- the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.

[On being deaf:] We must struggle for whatever may be had, without encroaching on the comfort of others.

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.

Instead of giving in to the greatest misfortune that can happen at my age, deafness, I busy myself in searching out all possible compensations, and I apply myself much more to all the amusements that are here within my grasp.

I was born deaf. I was raised in a hearing world and in a deaf world at the same time. I can't say that I like one better than I like the other. I like them both. I speak pretty well; I gesture. If I don't understand something, you know, pen and paper, texting. I use it all.

I have to constantly remind myself that I am communicating with a person with hearing loss.

I became deaf when I was 18 months old. And I learned to sign when I was 5 years old.

I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.

The deaf culture is portrayed very accurately on 'Switched at Birth' because the writers did the opposite of the norm. They did their homework before portraying anything on television.

Growing up, I was always involved in the deaf community.

I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In high school, me and my friend took sign language.

I was a sign language interpreter from when I was 17, but I don't do that anymore. Both of my parents were deaf. I grew up in a deaf household. I don't do any jokes about it really, but yeah that was my day job.

I always say deafness is a silent disability: you can't see, and it's not life-threatening, so it has to touch your life in some way in order for it to be on your radar.

I started to realize that there are a lot of people who are unaware of deaf culture, and I've been given a great platform to reframe the deaf community.

I didn't wake up one day and just couldn't hear. I woke up one day and realized I was having difficulty, and that I had overcompensated by lip reading, so that I didn't really understand how bad it was.