Quotes About Empathy

As a comedian, you can't tell people that they're wrong or that they're stupid.

As a disabled comedian, often my hecklers are also disabled.

You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.

I think comedians see themselves as people among people.

Comedians are always narrating the story of the people. Always.

I'm a comedian because I want people to like me. That's really why all comedians are comedians.

When something really affects you, it's hard to find the humor in it sometimes. There's are a lot of reasons why there are so many white male comedians, but I think part of it is that they are able to joke about a lot of things because a lot of things don't affect them personally.

I haven't met a comedian who is judgemental of other comedians.

It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.

I've never really loved mean comedy.

Music has the ability to comfort people.

When someone you love is in pain, you want to do anything to comfort them.

You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.

I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable.

I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.

When you're in a position that you can comfortably give, you need to pay it forward.

I think I've made decisions for the right reasons, and I've always communicated them in a respectful way. As a manager, you can't do any more than that. I sit comfortably with that. But I've not enjoyed it.

I find booksellers comforting - they're my people.

There's something really comforting when you can truly connect with someone and be understood. Isn't that what we all want?

I was kind of a Rickles comic to begin with. I was caustic, and I was abusive and mean to the audience.

I love to say that what's great about 'Legion' is that if you haven't read a comic book and you haven't seen an 'X-Men' movie, you can come in and understand it - and this can be your comic.

The more time you spend with any character, whether it's from a comic book universe or a really naturalistic universe, the more time you spend, the more that character just becomes another aspect of yourself.

Thanos has eight million backstories in the comics, but they're all kind of sad.

What's really great about the Archie Comics as a whole is that everybody is relatable.