Quotes About Empathy

I always thought the women of song don't get along, and I don't know why that is.

I feel comfortable with women. I have two sisters, so I grew up in a female-dominated environment.

Charity always feels better to the donor than to the recipient.

The woman hanging from the 13th floor window on the east side of Chicago is not alone...She is all the women of the apartment building who stand watching her, watching themselves.

Appearing to pay attention when someone is speaking is one of the cornerstones of real social interaction.

Being listened to should be sufficiently gratifying in itself, whether or not the advice is followed.

As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning women on the bus, hearing them bang on about their aches and pains, both real and imagined.

Women bond differently, and I dont think men understand that.

Any woman I know can smell a boyfriend a mile away. Women are intuitive, they know when a guy is interested but he's not going to be there for her in that boyfriend-y way.

If you're a smart guy, you should really try to find out what women are thinking. I mean, we are 51 percent of the population.

I think that, for sure, we as women should try and realize that it's more about having someone to share.

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them.

Women just get really hard on each other.

Women and girls have been my passion for my whole life.

I have a soft spot for women, I'm not afraid of it, some women walk into the room, and they're so beautiful and you're like, 'I wanna smell you' you know?

What women need to understand is that men don't communicate. It's not intentional or on purpose. We're just not as emotional. You ladies feel like you have to express yourselves.

I like narrative, and I ultimately am in love with the men and women I write about, most of them.

I love women and I love the women I have been with. I always try to be kind and cautious and treat people nice.

It is extremely hurtful when women tell me I don't understand or know how they feel.

All humans need love, attention, and appreciation, and those can be very female traits. I feel like they should be male and female traits, but I think that they are more easily attributed to women.

A lot of what children's hurt feelings are about is how the parents react.

When we're hurting, it does not give us a license to hurt others.

People who have "their own issues" often don't stand back and look at the big picture- they're too busy orchestrating their own issues.