Quotes tagged ‘Sensitivity’

“I know you saw me with the Senator. I think I'm in love, possibly for the first time. So yes, Senator Lipton and I are having an affair. I hope that I can count on your sensitivity, maturity, and discretion.”

— Dan Sterling, Oscar Martinez, Oscar Nunez, imdb.com

“Lina: What did you expect? He's a rich playboy. Jane: A rich playboy with an entitled attitude missing a basic sensitivity chip. He was so much nicer in my head. Lina: That's because he's a good kisser.”

— Jennie Snyder Urman, Jane Villanueva, Gina Rodriguez, imdb.com

“Anna: Could you be any more pathetic? A lone figure sitting on the floor, wondering if he's gonna be lonely for the rest of his life. Seth: Hey, your sensitivity — it's really, uh, nonexistent. Anna: You know what your problem is? You're not a man. Seth: Again, not appreciating the brutal honesty.”

— Allan Heinberg, Josh Schwartz, Seth Cohen, Adam Brody, imdb.com

“I used to think my sensitivity was a weakness until I realized it could help people be their best. Now I realize not only was it not a weakness, but in fact is my superpower! My SUPERPOWER is EMPATHY. What is your superpower?”

— Mandy Gonzalez, twitter.com

“I am proud of the way my heart keeps beating, keeps believing, keeps fighting. I am proud of who I am.”

— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com

“What I've noticed is that when people say, 'You're too sensitive,' they're annoyed because I'm so perceptive.”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

“Boy, those Scientologists. They can be pretty sensitive.”

— Larry David, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“Does anyone ever display the slightest sensitivity over the problems of a fellow individual? No. No. A resounding no!”

— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com

“[B]eware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.”

— Nora Ephron, books.google.com

“Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.”

— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com

“I hate seeing poetry in everything I touch. I hate that I can no longer love you without turning you into a metaphor - that it can never be simple as looking at you and saying yes, yes, yes.”

— Shinji Moon, amazon.com

“I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all a creature of intense passionate feeling. I feel—everything. It is my genius. It burns me like fire.”

— Mary MacLane, amazon.com

“People always say that, when you love someone, nothing in the world matters. But that’s not true, is it? You know, and I know, that when you love someone, everything in the world matters a little bit more.”

— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”

— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com

“Please do not mistake sensitivity for weakness.”

— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com

“I am the seasons, I think sometimes, January, May, November; the mud, the mist, the dawn. I cannot be tossed about, or float gently, or mix with other people.”

— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com

“— a lot of people who are artists don't understand it themselves. Especially the young ones. They feel different, but they don't know what it is. They feel more. Everything hurts. Everything. They're supersensitive. They see things that other people don't see.”

— Rick Rubin, esquire.com

“I’m slowly learning that it’s time to just be the person who loves more and cares deeply and tries harder.”

— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com

“You go through spells where you feel that maybe you’re too sensitive for this world. I certainly felt that.”

— Winona Ryder, highlysensitive.org

“I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of lucidity, when I look at myself, I see that I am alone, all alone, all alone.”

— Henri Barbusse, amazon.com