Quotes About Sensitivity

Tearing up a picture of the Pope comes under the heading of a Comedy Killer. It kind of breaks the spirit of the evening.

I believe that tears should be very private, and no matter what issue or what situation, we should have a very dignified demeanor.

Father was very sympathetic, and if the hero of a romance was good or to be pitied, his eyes would fill with tears until he could not see.

George Eliot tenderly carried in her heart the burdens of our race. She looked through pity's tears upon the faults and frailties of mankind.

Cuban eyes often look close to tears. Tears never seem far away because both their pain and their joy are always so close to the surface.

Despite what Wordsworth says about thoughts that 'lie too deep for tears', I think tears are a pretty reliable indication of being in the grips of a profound experience.

If I see someone break down in tears, I don't necessarily feel empathy for them in those moments unless it's really warranted. I feel like a tear needs to be warranted in a movie; it needs to be earned.

Don't hold back from being an 'empath.' Don't be afraid of shedding your tears. Feel it. Feel the full extent of everything. It gives us strength.

I was very nervous about everything. I was the girl who would burst into tears at the drop of a hat.

It's the emotion of it that hits me, more than anything technical.

Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.

The most important innovators often don't need any technologies - just imagination and acute sensitivity to people's needs.

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

I think that what we should do is have short, clipped conversations on the telephone so someone can always get us, not talking about inane stuff and having someone trying to get you. I also think we've just got to be more sensitive toward other people and not call them at night if you know they've been working.

When you do a film, when you do a television show, eventually someone comes along and will say to you, 'Don't say that because, one, you will offend someone, or, two, no one will get that. Someone's going to be confused by that, not get the reference and feel abandoned, and then they will get angry at the entertainment.'

Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?

The drums tell me everything. Everything else registers a millisecond later.

I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.

Redheads feel hot and cold temperatures more severely than anyone else.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked.

Discrimination is difficult, because in its worst form, it is not overt. It is subtle. We

She was sturdy, which my mother had taught me was the polite word to describe someone overweight.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked.   Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The use of tact is always needful but it is especially necessary when speaking a truth that may strike a sensitive nerve in another.