Quotes About Empathy

I think a good comedian was probably bullied a little bit. Probably felt doughy and oblong and rhombus-shaped and strange and a little bit of an outsider, and then learned the healing qualities of comedy.

Being respectful towards others and a loving and caring nature are some qualities I admire.

Make sure you look after people around you and it holds you in good stead going forward in terms of leadership. Look at all the best leaders and they have those qualities.

I think a beautiful quality that's a biological, hormonal imperative for women, whether they have children or not, is that we're built to be empathic. For me, it was finally being maternal in an appropriate way instead of trying to mommy ex-boyfriends.

Not a lot of people know it, but I don't have any qualms about saying it - there's a lot of mental illness that runs in my family.

I had great qualms about playing a man who was living. I've never met Walt McCandless, and I never will.

I apologise now to everybody for being the way I've been. What I was doing, torturing myself over an illness, is horrible. You push them away because you're trying to quantify what's gone on.

I know what it's like to dig in the couches to find a quarter or two to pull together so you can get a gallon of gas and your grandfather can go to work. That is not something defined by whether you're a Democrat or Republican.

Any time you see your quarterback hurt, your heart drops for a second.

My advice to the next quarterback that misses an entire year is to understand there is a little difference going out on the road again. You miss that. When you're hurt, you do not feel like you are part of it.

I have a lot of empathy for quarterbacks.

There is no first-hand account of what the Queen was saying or thinking, so my job as an actor is to interpret her circumstances.

I like Queen Latifah.

Most people think they don't have anything to relate to a drag queen, but shockingly there's a lot we can talk about.

I would say I have more in common with drag queens than I do with most people.

Christine and the Queens is born out of a particular moment in my life where I was quite low.

It's harder to compete against queens you know, because you have that personal relationship with them already.

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

For myself, Queer Eye feeds more to my heart and my soul than as a platform for a career.

As a white queer person of a certain degree of economic privilege, I think that my ability to pass as straight is a privilege that other folk I know don't have. It's important to keep in mind who really is in the most trouble and to direct our attention to assisting those people.

It's not called 'Queer Eye For the Straight Guy' now for a reason. We want to be able to help more and more people, and why wouldn't we help women, and why wouldn't we help a trans man? I want to help as many different groups as physically possible with this show.

I hope that I do make music that can speak to anyone. I don't just want to play for a queer crowd.

That's the beauty of 'Queer Eye' coming back. No matter how far you think we've come as a society, there's still work that needs to be done.

It's nice to have a safe place to have a conversation going; whether it's a friend or family member, you can use 'Queer Eye' as an entry point to have a conversation that's meaningful.