Quotes About Empathy

For me, it's really important when I go into a reading to not have any bias and so that's a big reason why I never know who I'm meeting or where I'm going.

I'm a big believer in manners and respect: that one should never do to another what you wouldn't wish for yourself.

I find it sad that people think it's a political, gender-bending thing, because, really, I'm just singing about guys. There's a million guys singing about girls, and no one makes a big deal of it.

I was always a big fan of the books and over the years I've become quite attached to Ron and we've meshed into the same person, really.

I'm not a big fan of any team; I'm a fan of players.

That's what I love about Richard - he has got this big heart.

One big mistake of many politicians is to have no understanding for the real situation of people in their country.

I'm an animal-rights person, actually. Big time.

As you grow older, you start looking at the bigger picture. You don't look at only yourself.

The biggest mistake we can make is to box people out - tell them, 'You're wrong, you're racist, you don't belong in the conversation.'

I've been living with anxiety much, much, much longer than I've been with living with alcoholism, that's for sure. I already knew from the sheer numbers and all the data that I'm not alone. I mean, the biggest mistake I did was spending most of my life thinking I was the only person who felt this way.

The biggest mistake most people make when it comes to listening is they're so focused on what they're going to say next or how what the other person is saying is going to affect them that they fail to hear what's being said.

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing.

I think the biggest thing with me is that I just pride myself on being the best human being I can be.

I try to not beat myself up about anything. I think that's the biggest thing.

There's seven billion people on the planet. It's not about you.

You don't want to really pick on someone that you genuinely like. In terms of 'Billy on the Street,' there are certain actors - I don't care if they find out because I do feel that way. Though it's almost never about appearance or something out of their control. I pick on choices they've made or roles they've taken.

I feel art has the power to bind us.

I think that gay men in particular need to just listen to bisexual people and believe them when they say they're attracted to different genders.

I understand why biting is seen so badly.

There are bits of me in all my characters.

All my main characters have got bits of me, bits of my family, bits of my friends.

I tell the audience bits of my rude life on stage so they don't mind telling me bits of theirs.

The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person?