Sympathetic Quotes

237 Sympathetic quotes by 206 unique authors

Literature deeply stands opposed to the dominant value system-the one that rewards money and power. Writers are on the other side-they make us sympathetic to… — Alain de Botton
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why… — Ingrid Newkirk
More and more the world is growing to love a lover, and one has only to read the newspapers to see how sympathetic are the… — Richard Le Gallienne
We have, of course, long since ceased to think of Nature as the sympathetic mirror of our moods, or to imagine that she has any… — Richard Le Gallienne
To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating. — Ronald Firbank
While husbands and lovers in the stories [of the 14th century] are of all kinds, ranging from sympathetic to disgusting, women are invariably deceivers: inconstant,… — Barbara Tuchman
There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles. — Alexander Siddig
If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy, you have reached a very funny area. — Jason Segel
My own experience being bullied - it made me a more compassionate person. It made me more sympathetic to the adolescent experience. — Carolyn Mackler
Good is latent in every living thing and simply needs to be called into active expression through the gracious application of respect, sympathetic understanding, gentleness… — J. Boone
Israel also deprived the world of its chance of shedding tears of genuine sympathy over her destruction. The world resents this; it likes to feel… — George Mikes
We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to… — Thomas F. Wilson
Strange how love coexists with hate, how they render eachother mute, how the swilling of them together makes a new and softer, sympathetic thing. — Sonya Hartnett
I've always felt very sympathetic from the first days of writing about women that, whatever the woman, whether she is trying to be a woman… — Susie Orbach
I don't like sympathetic characters. — Howard Barker
When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic… — Jim Broadbent
No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces. — Christopher Bond
The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable. — Randa Abdel-Fattah
Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean. — Ted Dexter
Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful… — Alex Flinn
In one way, I'm sympathetic to the institutional reluctance to face the music. I'd give a lot to mark my weight to 'model' rather than… — Warren Buffett
The history of art is filled with people who did not live long enough to enjoy a sympathetic public, and their misery argues that criticism… — Robert Adams
In any business, the more you learn, the more sympathetic you can be to other people's positions. — Peter Asher
The double standard of morality will survive in this world so long as the woman whose husband has been lured away is favoured with the… — H. L. Mencken
To preserve my brains I want food and this is now my first consideration. Any sympathetic letter from you will be helpful to me here… — Srinivasa Ramanujan

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