21 Movie Quotes about Deafness (+ Sound Clips) - page 2

Updated: Feb 26, 2026

Memorable quotes about deafness, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 I'm sorry, Officer. Could you speak in sign language... or a little slower. I haven't gotten lipreading down yet. -You mean you can't hear?

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight in Knight Rider (1982)

12 Hey, you got peanut butter or somethin' in your ears?

Burt Reynolds as Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

13 I'm tone deaf. -Too bad... because she's singing like a canary, and we got her in her own cage.

Michael Keaton as Johnny Dangerously in Johnny Dangerously

14 If you're talking to him, you're wasting your time. He's deaf. He's also a mute.

George Peppard as Col. John Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

15 Teacher, he's a blind, deaf, mute. And he's also very strong.

Quote from Instant Kung Fu Man

16 You'll have to speak up a bit, sir. He's deaf as a post, sir.

Quote from Monty Python's Life of Brian

17 I said, it's no good talking to him. He's deaf as a post.

David Bowie as Jareth in Labyrinth (1986)

18 If you're talking to him, you are talking to me, because he's deaf. Hes also a mute. He cant even read lips.

George Peppard as Col. John Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

19 This is Igor. He's a deaf-mute. He's one of my assistants.

Vincent Price as Professor Henry Jarrod in House of Wax (1953)

20 Don't worry about him, sir. He's deaf and mad, sir. -Well, how did he get the job? -Bloody Pilate's pet, sir.

Quote from Monty Python's Life of Brian