Sensitivity Quotes

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I`m such a supporter of women, work-related. I`m happy for my wife and I`m ecstatic that she makes more than most men in Hollywood. The first writer I hired for a movie I`m producing was a black woman. She did an amazing job. It`s like I just think that seeing women get passed over, being so intimately involved with so many women throughout my life - my sisters, my mother and that sort of thing - it`s shaped me and given me a sensitivity and understanding that I don`t think a lot of men necessarily have.

- Ryan Phillippe

I don`t like the wimp syndrome. No matter how ardent a feminist may be, if she is a heterosexual female, she wants the strength of a male companion as well as the sensitivity. The most gentle people in the world are macho males, people who are confident in their masculinity and have a feeling of well-being in themselves. They don`t have to kick in doors, mistreat women, or make fun of gays.

- Clint Eastwood

(Talking about Burt Reynolds): "I have always said Burt`s sensitivity and generosity were in great measure responsible for my Academy Award nomination for Starting Over (1979)".

- Candice Bergen

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it`s just complaining.

- Joni Mitchell

Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It`s seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part.

- Jeffrey Wright

My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.

- Mike Tyson

In the political climate, this whole political correctness thing bugs me like mad. I was so upset when they said they were going to call the lights in London winter lights. I`m saying, "Hello, I`ve got friends who are Asian, I wish them Happy Diwali, they wish me Happy Christmas". In fact, they enjoy Christmas. And when I`ve been there and there`s Diwali going on I`ve enjoyed that, too, to be honest with you. I`m not so sure why they`re so upset about the sensitivity of other religions who actually don`t mind that we celebrate Christmas. Even in schools now I keep reading about how Christianity isn`t necessarily taught anymore. I`m thinking, "Wait a minute. If I went to live in another country and it had a different faith and philosophy and I joined in there . . . If I was a kid and went to school, I would have to learn what they learn as well".

- Cliff Richard

(in 1979) You must have - besides intuition and sensitivity - a cutting edge that allows you to reach what you need. Also, you have to know life - bastards included - and it takes a bit of one to know one, don`t you think?

- Laurence Olivier

I`ve got big shoes to fill. Sarah Brown was awesome. I loved watching her play the role. Tamara Braun brought amazing emotion and sensitivity to the role. I think she really did a great job. She was a little tougher than Sarah, but soft, too. I`m hoping to be somewhere down the middle.

- Laura Wright

I want to show that from the negative, when you dare to see it, the positive is born, because there is the root to the good. I have inside myself, for example, a sharp aggression. But if you remove it, I loose my creativity. I have a great insecurity, but if you remove it, I also lose my sensitivity. Good theater is the theater that can make it a little attractive, a bit cool, to have these dark inner depths. You must be a bit afraid of them. I have a big need of spending time being alone, just to fear these dark sides. We must have secrets. That`s why I almost never agree, or rarely, to really personal interviews: you must have large pools, untouched inside yourself. (on acting, theater and her interest in playing dark women roles on stage and in films)

- Lena Olin

(On Heath Ledger after his death): He had an uncontrollable energy. He buzzed. He would jump out of bed. For as long as I`d known him, he had bouts with insomnia. He just had too much energy. His mind was turning, turning, turning - always turning. He had a talent for everything that he put his mind to. He didn`t know limits. I think that the interesting thing about Heath, which maybe people have only really fully discovered in his death, his how vulnerable he was. You can pick up on it in his performances, but it`s easy to overlook because he was so physical and beautiful and strong and masculine. But there was always that underlying sensitivity. That`s who he was.

- Michelle Williams

The weakness of the dollar is having some impact on the market. The weakest sector is the auto sector -- that is an area of the market that has displayed a high degree of sensitivity to currency movements.

- Ian Scott

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that`s capable of transporting you.

- Thomas Kretschmann

I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.

- Larry Craig

His work engages viewers with the artist`s rare gifts of sensitivity to the human condition and an appealing sense of humor.

- John Day

Wallow too much in sensitivity and you can`t deal with life, or the truth.

- Neal Boortz

There are very small niches in the institutional investment community where there may be some sensitivity to (alcohol) investing, but it is quite the exception.

- Marc Cohen

One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears.

- Temple Grandin

If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.

- Naguib Mahfouz

It seems from what we know of the story that the Prince of Wales has acted with deep sensitivity and very quickly, which is exactly what is needed.

- Peter Martin

The good moral work of art should have all the qualities that a good amoral work of art should have, such as formal unity, balance, contrast, and a sensitivity to the material out of which it is made.

- Norman McLaren

It has given us more sensitivity.

- Rita Cosby

For the yen it`s much to do with oil prices. High oil prices are an unambiguous negative for all Asian currencies but the yen`s sensitivity is historically high,

- David Mann

Christianity stands for freedom, we don`t want to impose our religion on everyone else. We just don`t want secular humanist values or homosexual values to be forced upon us under the guise of anti-harassment laws, speech codes, hate crime laws, or sensitivity training.

- David Limbaugh

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue.

- Alan Loewenstein

Although economists have studied the sensitivity of import and export volumes to changes in the exchange rate, there is still much uncertainty about just how much the dollar must change to bring about any given reduction in our trade deficit.

- Amanda Bird

I don`t know what to expect in Cuba, ... I think what the Holy Father is for is greater freedom for the church, and greater responsibility on the part of Catholics to exercise their religious freedom, and greater sensitivity on the parts of governments to recognize human rights.

- Art Navarro