Deaf Parents

Famous quotes containing the words deaf and/or parents:

“This habit of free speaking at ladies’ lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital unhappiness. Could society be deaf and dumb and Congress abolished for a season, what a happy and peaceful life one could lead!”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)

“Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce “better” children than they produced.”
—Judith Viorst (20th century)