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Quotes About Sensitivity

I never thought I was doing any great work. I never thought I would last. In the beginning, I was terrible. I never used to speak to people. I used to start crying. I was extra sensitive. I would run away home and feel miserable. I didn't know how to behave then. I was touchy. People interpreted it as arrogance.
~ Tabu
Censorship is a touchy subject, all the way around.
~ Xzibit
We're kind of coached to stay away from touchy subjects just because of the arena that we're in.
~ Malcolm Jenkins
The thing that you're faulted on today is not that you are too tough, or not that you aren't careful. It's that you might have been too soft. People want that red meat now because you have to keep up with the mood and the mood today is harsh. It really is.
~ Mark Russell
I have thin skin. I'm not a tough guy.
~ Tom Sizemore
It's the Internet. I'm sure many people know that it's one of the toughest places to be if you're sensitive.
~ Ryan Higa
But if I'm going to cause somebody else discomfort by my actions, then I should probably modify my actions toward them to make them as comfortable as possible.
~ Max Cannon
The chief symptom of adolescence is a state of expectation, a tendency towards creative work, and a need for the strengthening of self-confidence. Suddenly, the child becomes very sensitive to the rudeness and humiliations which he had previously suffered with patient indifference.
~ Maria Montessori
I am geared towards communicating on a female level.
~ Guy Pearce
I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots.
~ Josh Silver
I have struggled in life and this has made me sensitive towards the needs of others. Politics gives you the opportunity to really do something.
~ Roopa Ganguly
I am emotionally strong, passionate, empathetic, and sensitive towards others, especially the people I love.
~ Ishaan Khatter
I'm not just a boy toy. I have feelings and dreams like anybody else.
~ Jon Stewart
Comfort has its place, but it seems rude to visit another country dressed as if you've come to mow its lawns.
~ David Sedaris
I saw The Revenant, and they were calling Native Americans "tree niggers," and that is not cool.
~ Vince Staples
Trees have feelings too, and no one ever says 'hi' to them. Next time you're outside and see a tree, say 'hello'.
~ Daniel Johns
In order to understand life it is not only necessary not to be indifferent to men, but not to be indifferent to flocks, to trees. One should be indifferent to nothing.
~ Remy de Gourmont
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
~ Jose Saramago
There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.
~ Arthur Dobrin
Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.
~ Sheng Wang
Intelligence once meant more than what any artificial intelligence does. It used to include sensibility, sensitivity, awareness, discernment, reason, acumen, and wit.
~ Sherry Turkle
During cocktails, Octavio Paz walked up to me with a champagne glass in hand and said, "Vous avez les seins très beaux
~ Sherry Turkle
I'm done with smart machines. I want a machine that's attentive to my needs. Where are the sensitive machines?" —Tweet available at dig_natRT @tigoe via @ramonapringle
~ Sherry Turkle
A wind began to blow and he shivered. With all his strength he tried to hold and to understand the mood that had come upon him. In that high place in the darkness the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind of each was the same thought. "I have come to this lonely place and here is this other," was the substance of the thing felt.
~ Sherwood Anderson