Quotes About Sensitivity

I think one of my better gifts as a writer is empathy.

People always think there's something wrong with me because I don't have that many girlfriends but I do love girls - I love their sensitivity and all the stuff like that.

I've been really in touch with my girly side.

Gloves make you so much more delicate.

There's one thing my dad taught me: don't talk about politics, because you'll never make anyone happy. Don't even go for it.

Furious protesters don't come after you for jokes at the expense of people; they come after you for jokes at the expense of their gods.

I have a heart of gold, but I'm really a marshmallow in my heart.

When you're shooting a feature that costs $200,000 a day with a crew of 250, you don't want accidents; you want to know exactly what's going to happen. But with a documentary, you don't, so you have to be sensitive to accidents because that is where the gold is.

I don't like people doing jokes about disabled people for no good reason, but I can still understand why they do them.

I did not see anything because I was so caught up in an inner dialogue. So, stop and see. Become more sensitive, more aware, more alive to our own humanness, to the humanness of each other.

I was most keenly sensitive to know any and everything possible that had any relation to the subject of slavery. I was all ears, all eyes, whenever the words slave or slavery dropped from the lips of any white person, and more and more frequently occasions occurred when these words came leading ones in high, social debate at our house.

What have we in common with the rosebud, which trembles because a drop of dew is lying upon it?

When people are sensitive, they can tell when they meet someone who is going to influence their lives.

We've had Obama for eight years, who, to me, is a model of integrity, sensitivity, empathy. He's wise, he's patient, he maintains his composure, and I would have voted for him again.

White fragility doesn't always manifest in overt ways; silence and withdrawal are also functions of fragility.

There are certain things I would never write about - anything that's too distasteful. I think that you can withhold information.

God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.

God gives different people different gifts, and there are some people that can listen to an instrument and within a fraction of a second tell, you know, where it's off key or what note doesn't resonate correctly.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.

No one likes to admit they are racist or bear prejudices. Nor do they even like to be open and honest when they witness racist behaviour.

Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn't appreciate it then.