Quotes About Empathy

I am a citizen of the planet and I want to do films that appeal to people, not communities.

Meghan Markle is one of the loveliest human beings on the planet, in the world.

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George.

It's important to give back because that's what we were put on this planet to do.

War is idiocy. We live on a small, small planet, and what we do to others is what we do to ourselves.

Occasionally the state of the planet can knock me off my perky perch.

The architect must get to know the people who will live in the planned house. From their needs, the rest inevitably follows.

I never talk about anything Hollywood or about politics. I will talk about how concerned I am about funding for Planned Parenthood, and how very sad it makes me when I see anything about children being separated from their parents.

It feels dangerous when people say, 'Oh, Sean Baker focuses on marginalised people.' And offensive. As if I'm standing there with my planner thinking, 'OK, where's the next marginalised group I can make a movie about?'

I don't have any plans to make money for myself. All I wish to do is empower rural women in our country.

I think plants present an opportunity for people to look closely at something and get invested in something that's truly very much outside of themselves.

It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with my plasters, even the Emperor of the Sahara would flee.

To catch the plastic, act like the plastic.

The first time my mom was hospitalized, she was forcibly sedated before I was admitted to see her. When I arrived, someone handed me a plastic bag containing her belongings: the ruined clothes that had been cut off her body with scissors.

My father would get up with his plate after dinner and keep it where it was supposed to be kept. He wouldn't leave the plate for my mom to pick up.

Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.

Some people are shocked when a game evokes real-world issues. But this platform is about becoming the characters, not just seeing them from the outside, like in a film.

I was raised in unique and trying environments, but they were also amazing platforms for me to have an extraordinary life. Going through hell as a kid made me sensitive to what others in this world go through, too.

I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.

I've been so blessed to make this money and to play basketball and still have a job, but there are people out there who need support from us.

Believe it or not, one teacher used to call me a giant spastic for not being able to play football.

It's one of the reasons you play football, to make people happy.

I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to make people around me understand I'm not a selfish player.

If I can understand them better as a person then I can understand how to make them a better player too.