Quotes About Deaf Parents

#1. When I grew up, there were no teletypewriters or video calls, so I primarily interpreted phone calls. At that time, where I lived, it wasn't embarrassing to have Deaf parents; it was cool to be able to speak a different language than everyone else.

Jack Jason

#2. Children born deaf of deaf parents have no language delay at all: being exposed to Sign from birth enables a baby to develop as full a vocabulary as the hearing, not just to describe the world, but to manipulate abstract concepts.

Anonymous

#3. There are times, however, when whatever your metabolism you have to take a deep breath.

Douglas Adams

#4. You have to surround yourself with really good people and have a very thick skin.

Cindy Margolis

#5. Contrary to what the fans may think, you don't just show up, wear a striped shirt and a whistle on Friday night.

Jim Mitchell

#6. A large portion of Christ's miracles of love were wrought at the urgent request of parents for their suffering children. Is that ear gone deaf to-day? Will He not do for our children's souls what He did for the bodies of the ruler's daughter, and the dead youth at Nain?

Theodore L. Cuyler

#7. I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth."
"How can you be sure?"
"Because she'd do the same for you.

Rick Riordan

#8. Raising awareness about the Deaf culture is a huge cause that I advocate. Because both of my parents are deaf, I am passionate about it in an entirely different way.

Grace Gealey

#9. My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.

Myron Uhlberg

#10. During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was not responding to sounds, my father was absolutely convinced that I was simply being stubborn.

Marlee Matlin

#11. Resentment is our biggest enemy.

Debasish Mridha

#12. Familiarity breeds liking.

Daniel Kahneman

#13. I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but they couldn't form it into speech.

Richard Griffiths

#14. International community - a technical term referring to the U.S. government and whoever goes along with it.

Noam Chomsky

#15. The first four months of my life were spent in care, before I was adopted by my wonderful parents - my mum and dad - Ernie and Christine. They went on to adopt my sister, who is profoundly deaf, and invested both of us with a love and support that informs everything I do today.

Michael Gove

#16. New startups embody the creativity, the innovation of young people, and for me, it was and is a very worthwhile experience to interact with them.

Ratan Tata

#17. I think 'Game of Thrones' was extraordinary. I want to do some period pieces. It would be lovely to tell great stories, that is my main ambition. And to be working with amazing creators.

Stana Katic

#18. Make time to relax, refresh and refocus.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#19. The interests of the deaf child and his parents may best be served by accepting that he is a deaf person, with an elaborate cultural and linguistic heritage that can enrich his parent's life as it will his own.

Harlan Lane

#20. You have to set big goals for yourself. And you have to put aside all the negativity in your life that tells you that if you came from a certain education or a certain family background that you can't achieve big goals. That's one of the things that America has.

Brian Tracy

#21. I mean, Hawaii is beautiful, but the world is full of beautiful places.

Robert Kiyosaki

#22. I think you inherit most of your talent from your parents, although sometimes a fabulously talented singer grows out of the union of two tone-deaf people

Joely Fisher

#23. These women whose antics we smirk at good-naturedly in the pap-traps put themselves out there at least partly on their beauty; they are in showbiz, and showing what they've got is part of their business as much as it is for male show-ponies from the Chippendales to George Clooney.

Julie Burchill

#24. If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.

June Jordan

#25. America is still a free country - nobody is saying it isn't - but we accept that, in the face of discernible risk, or even imaginable risk, the government has an obligation to step in and save us.

Patrick Bedard