Quotes About Empathy

There are a lot of things people want to look at, pick apart my game, but if you could put any of them in my position, to do anything to make their dream come true... I'm pretty damn sure they'd do it, too.

It's clear Trump and the Republicans in Washington don't give a damn about anyone like me or anyone who doesn't think like them.

I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.

Like, I've danced all my life with girls... I know how to be with a girl.

When I say I can see through clothes, sometimes I try to use it as an X-ray vision to look into the dancer and see who this dancer is right now, at this exact moment in time. I live inside them in a way.

My dad is an economist who does global development research. What he practices is a kind of quantifiable empathy: trying to empathize with systems rather than people.

The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever. It's not simply just about systems; it's an emotional reaction to seeing animals or people suffering.

Our school systems have to realize that everybody doesn't learn the same way, and no one learns without some emotional support.

Mentally ill people come from all belief systems.

When men's lives become extremely hard, women learn how to deal with them and assist them but also develop quiet systems of coping and managing.

We need to build EQ in our AI systems because, otherwise, they're not going to be as effective as they were designed to be.

Basically as a working class boy I understand when there's not enough money to put food on the table and not knowing where the next dollar comes in from. When you've been in that environment as a child, you never lose it.

When I was a kid, I never spoke. I would sit under a table and not speak to anybody. No words for years.

I've always thought with relationships, that it's more about what you bring to the table than what you're going to get from it. It's very nice if you sit down and the cake appears. But if you go to the table expecting cake, then it's not so good.

You can fill this table up with people who are racist, homophobic, Satanist worshippers, sexist and we can be arguing but if you put on a song, I guarantee that people will stop and listen and that's what I love about music, it can bring people together.

My favorite thing about working with Lady Gaga is really just the sheer level of creativity she brings to the table. And she's really one of the most intelligent people I've ever known. Her intelligence is equaled by her heart.

That's one of the reasons I wanted to be an actor, to be like them. And there they were at my table, all talking about how nervous they were, about the lines, and so forth. No matter how big you get, you still have the same kinds of anxieties and so forth.

I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.

We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.

To me, it's a religious experience to sit down at anyone's table. I feel so invited, like it's a sacred place.

You never know when the tables will turn, so I think we should all just be kind to one another. It's really as simple as that.

My captors were definitely aware that what they were doing was wrong. It came out in small ways - occasionally through a show of guilt or compassion. One of the boys bought me a gift. Another used to sneak me acetaminophen tablets.

If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.

I met someone in the West Indies who was not able to walk. I put my hands on him and he was able to get up. I know the tabloids will get excited by this so I try to play it down.