Quotes About Empathy

It's hard to know which made me more aware of the impossibility of protecting children - having a child die or having had two live.

Miley grew up around animals and with all our horses growing up, so she is very passionate about protecting all animals.

I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed.

I sometimes get very protective of the people I play.

Once I start writing about somebody, I become very protective of them.

I feel very protective of younger actresses, because it was so hard for me in the business.

I was always protective of Jayne. I never allowed people to talk about her behind her back because those same people would talk about me.

I'm protective kind of aggressive, a caring personality. I guess it's just kind of who I am naturally, once I get to really know somebody.

Men are very protective, and women are nurturing.

The general public may not have an understanding about me and what I do, how I feel about my children, how I feel about my family, how protective I am over my family and children. They just see a big guy in a cage that fights, that knocks people out or this and that.

I was never really angry, but I was definitely protective, and I was definitely sad in a lot of ways. Because, as a kid, you see other kids and their experience with their parents, and you want the same.

The thing that I probably enjoy the most and also am the best at in whatever art form I'm working in is being the protector of the emotional experience of the audience.

Animals mean everything to me. We have to be their voice and protectors.

The 'everymum' persona is quite a comfortable coat to put on, and in a way it protects you. I don't think I'm being deceptive. I like the women I play, so I'm very happy to be identified with them.

We protest to our last breath against the purveyors of hatred, cruelty and violence.

Protesting is good, but healing is better. We need to see America heal.

The best guys are the ones who were born in the '60s. They are used to women being independent. They were brought up by mothers who were burning their bras and protesting.

I'm a very good listener, and I'm not interested in having fights simply for a question of protocol or vanity.

I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that. And then the fact that my children are okay. You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.

Bullying is not going to make your mom proud. It's not going to pay your bills. It's nothing to be proud of.

You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.

Aside from doing everything possible to provide programs for people who are seriously ill, I want to do everything humanly possible to help create a more caring society so that we can begin to counter the painful loneliness and sense of helplessness which has engulfed too many of our people.

You don't need to be for or against the war to provide morale and support to the men and women who are fighting over seas. These are human beings who are doing a service.

Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.