Quotes About Compassion

It's funny, I often think about how, if we were all placed in an apocalyptic situation, you'd realize quickly how stupid, petty things just don't matter anymore. Who you love is who you love, and it doesn't matter.

I enjoy Impact so much because some places, if they see you down, they won't be good enough to come take your hand and help you with what you're going through.

I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress.

Actually, I've gotten myself into some difficult places because I thought I could fix somebody.

I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They like it and that's cool, but I don't do the work for any kind of group in particular, except for hobos, who just plain kick ass and light up my life.

Meghan Markle is one of the loveliest human beings on the planet, in the world.

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.

It's important to give back because that's what we were put on this planet to do.

War is idiocy. We live on a small, small planet, and what we do to others is what we do to ourselves.

The women who walk into Planned Parenthood clinics come from every background, every political persuasion.

I believe that my work extending health care to women through Planned Parenthood is something that most people will respect and do respect.

It feels dangerous when people say, 'Oh, Sean Baker focuses on marginalised people.' And offensive. As if I'm standing there with my planner thinking, 'OK, where's the next marginalised group I can make a movie about?'

The blessed of us must save the less of us. I'm blessed, and yeah, I'm planning to go to Heaven.

I'm a plant eater.

I say peace begins on your plate.

My dad was known as a mean guy. He never smiled, and he had 'Mr. Mean' put on his license plate. But he was one of the neighborhood dads who looked out for everyone. He would take kids in and help them out.

I have a platform to be able to do something to help other people beat cancer.

Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.

I was raised in unique and trying environments, but they were also amazing platforms for me to have an extraordinary life. Going through hell as a kid made me sensitive to what others in this world go through, too.

I've been so blessed to make this money and to play basketball and still have a job, but there are people out there who need support from us.

At the end of the day, we're here to play basketball but to help the community, too. It's something that makes me feel good and I do it more for me than for the others, but at the end of the day helping others helps yourself, too.

I am not better than anyone else just because I play football.

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

As great of a player as Yao was, he was kind and patient with everybody. He wasn't trying to feed an image or cultivate a brand or manipulate a public persona.