Quotes About Empathy

I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'

In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and it's up to the audience to interpret rather than you putting moral stamp on the character.

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America.

We had to get on food stamps for a short period of time, so I understand the need for those.

The Food Stamp Challenge, which challenges higher-income families to live as if they are on food stamps, estimates that a person on food stamps has a budget of about $1.25 per meal. In other words, a family on food stamps must buy an entire meal per person for less than the cost of an average cup of coffee.

I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing.

There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.

Those who know my stance on Israeli democracy also know that there is nothing more foreign to me than the rejection of a position different to my own.

We try to take a very strong stance against discrimination and hatred.

Sometimes when you stand face to face with someone, you cannot see his face.

My mother died, and I couldn't stand to look at her bedroom any more. I'd get sick. I've always been a momma's boy.

People need each other to help each other up. But we can't stand near each other because we fear each other. When you get over fear, nothing matters anymore but love.

You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and for love it will soon itself return.

I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else just to make themselves feel important, it really gets me mad.

I don't know if it's changing already with 'Joanne,' but my intention is to bring people together that don't know each other and that would maybe feel awkward, but somehow be brought together by the music. That's what I wanted to do. Because that is pure and authentic to my family history and what I stand for.

You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else's darkness.

When you're nice, you're not bullying people. But when you're kind, you stand up against the bully.

I hate being mean. I watch those roasts on Comedy Central and they make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up.

I appreciate people trying to stand up for animals.

It's very important that you tell someone when you are being bullied - someone that you trust. You should never be quiet when you are being bullied or when you see someone being bullied. It's so important to stand up and say something.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.

World leaders and, particularly, Muslim religious leaders need to stand up and protect the oppressed.