Quotes About Empathy

I have no problem being full-term pregnant and do not understand women who say, 'I can't wait to get this baby out of me!'

I really loved being pregnant, especially because people treat you so nice.

I know what it's like to be pregnant and nervous and poor.

In my gym class, we had something called The Pit, this little alcove where we had to sit if we forgot our gym clothes. It was usually just the crippled kid, the pregnant girl, and me. It was pretty awkward, just hanging with all these freaks who didn't want to show their legs.

I thought that I was going to be like this earth mother. When people would complain about being pregnant, I was like, 'What are you talking about? It's incredible! Just enjoy it.'

When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling terrible pain, and I could not know how to help her. And my mother died in front of my eyes, without knowing why, which diagnosis. So I decided to be a doctor.

Some people say, 'Well you're a man; how do you write about women or girls when you don't know about them?' Well, I've got my imagination, and I can write about women. Yes, I'll never be pregnant and give birth to children, but I can imagine a bit of what it's like. When you create characters, it's just about making them really real to people.

When I was in high school, if one of my friends got pregnant, I'd be the first person they'd come to. I never was judgmental.

My wife at home. She didn't have a pregnant belly anymore, nobody to cling to, no shoulder to cry on, no one to talk to, while I'm at work getting the love and everybody just patting me on the back. I was mad. I felt that I should be at home helping my best friend get past the grief.

I don't condone racism. I don't condone prejudice.

Racial prejudice, anti-Semitism, or hatred of anyone with different beliefs has no place in the human mind or heart.

Being a parent to my daughters, son to my parents, and friends to many people, I would wish for a society that's fair to everyone, that's free of prejudice and as non-divisive as possible.

Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

First of all, the actor needs to get out of the character's way. You follow the character without judgment or prejudice or preconceived ideas.

I came from a lot of intolerance and prejudice, which aren't necessarily healthy to evolve as a human.

It's interesting to take a look at people who deal with prejudice on a daily basis - it's been a real eye opener for me.

It's hard for men sometimes to talk about feminism, just as it's hard for people who aren't from ethnic minorities to talk about racial prejudice. It's a difficult conversation to have, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have it.

I hate prejudice of any kind, whether it be color or sexual preference.

I don't have prejudices against anybody. I have opinions, based on a lifetime's experience.

If we can tell a good story with characters audiences can care about, I'd like to think that prejudices can fall aside and people can just experience the story and these characters for the human beings that they are.

I'm glad if people can listen to some music and maybe fix some prejudices of their own, just by thinking.

In the past, I've tried to show the human side of people involved in stigmatised or misunderstood lifestyles. I've tried to resist easy judgments and not pander to prejudices.

Trans justice calls on us to combat the blend of prejudices that demean the lives and diminish the autonomy of another person.

Everyone has an image of a premature child, but until you live it and experience it, you just don't know how bad it is.