#pathetic

I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#always #began #believe #bizarre #directors

Without television and mass communication, that knowledge wouldn't exist. So I think it actually has the possibility of turning people into more understanding and more empathetic people. ↗

— John Warnock

#communication #empathetic #exist #i #i think

I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#like #myself #new #new yorker #pathetic

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. ↗

— Homer

#dear #friend #quite #sympathetic

No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces. ↗

— Kit Bond

#am #forces #i #i am #knows

Obama and the Democrats are not focused on the moderates. They're focused on getting their base out, and they're trying to expand that base by forming sympathetic, empathetic alliances with the downtrodden, and there are a lot of downtrodden because Obama has made them that way via his policies. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#because #democrats #empathetic #expand #focused

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#collective #democracy #ignorance #individual #pathetic

I am a vigilant monarchist. I want to see things evolve. The direction the monarchy seems to be moving in - towards a more mainland-European model - is one I would feel sympathetic about. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#am #direction #evolve #feel #i

To be honest, I think bananas are a pathetic fruit. ↗

— Andy Murray

#fruit #honest #i #i think #pathetic

Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood that one goes through wondering what the next course is going to be like - and during the rest of the menu one wishes one had eaten more of the hors d'oeuvres. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#childhood #course #during #eaten #goes