Quotes About Empathy

When I'm writing, I'm constantly thinking about myself, because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience, but I know that my songs have validity to them, and that's why the fans are there.

I think people should have the legal right to hurt themselves without fearing that they're going to get locked up for doing so. But on a personal level, if someone I loved was hurting himself or herself in front of me, I would, of course, try to restrain them.

When I am king, annual birthdays will be banned and we will instead celebrate birthdays once every five years. With such large delays in birthday celebrations, maybe we can bring ourselves to actually care when someone has one.

Honest to Jeez, Loafer, if your skin got any thinner, your guts'd pop out and dance a hula.

So what's been happening to you?" his friend asked. "You have insomnia, you're off your feed, and you couldn't get it up a couple of times. So what?" He shook his head, laughing again. "I really don't think that if you went to a doctor and described those symptoms, he would shake his head and say"—and Jerry's voice shifted into a very bad imitation of Bela Lugosi's—" 'We are dealing here with the curse of the Undead!

All this huggermugger, macho intimidating shit is wearing me out. I'm gonna make myself a promise not to kill anything for a week.

It's just that I think we should be responsible for our friends, is all. If we're not, why bother to have friends?

You ever see that thing on old tombstones, that Momento mori? That's Latin. You know what it means?" The roommate gave a negative grunt. "It means something like, 'Remember you gotta die.' And that's what this whole thing is like, like one great big reminder that we're all gonna go sooner or later, so we better be damn good to each other while we're here.

Only women think there is a reason to thank people if they listen to them.

One thing guys know is when to shut up.

Figuring out women is harder than topping a ManPro Quiz.

Actually the choice is simple. When your child decides to love a new person, you can either see it as a chance to hate some people - the person they choose and their families. However, you can also see it as a chance to love some more people. And since when did loving more become a bad thing?

losers, even if they do not have a brain,have a heart.

I feel everyone who has a chance should step out of India for a while to really see what it is like out there.

Girls never tell you anything straight out anyway. You have to interpolate and extrapolate their responses to figure out what's on their mind.

I love her and we make each other happy. But if our happiness makes so many people unhappy, is it the right thing to do?

There are things some people can never understand. There's no point telling them.

Actually, the choice is simple. When your child decides to love a new person, you can either see it as a chance to hate some people – the person they choose and their families. Which is what we did for a while. However, you can also see it as a chance to love some more people. And since when did loving more people become a bad thing?

World is full of nice people,if u cannot find one be one !

When two women don't share the right vibe, a peaceful hour together is a minor miracle.

One shows more warmth before ending a wrong number call.

Dress down. Charisma comes from integrity, competence and compassion. Not from expensive clothes.

What you say matters, not the language

They say that the test of a person's character is how he or she treats those less powerful than him or her.