Cass McCombs Quotes

Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with the 'demonized' so that the demonizing will stop; it stands with the 'disposable' so that the day will come when we stop throwing people away.

The kind of support the down-and-out need is the kind we have always refused them, the kind that would mean engaging with them not as objects of contempt, but as fellow human beings.

I am passionate about human rights.

It's beautiful to have people look me in the eyes and actually treat me like a human.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth.

I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.

To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully.

For over twenty years, Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with those on the margins and those whose burdens are more than they can bear; it stands with the poor and the powerless, with the easily-despised and the readily-left out.

Sometimes, the best thing to do is just to sit down and listen to another person's experience and listen how they express themselves and want to be seen by others.

If art can be at the service of anything, it's about letting us see a state of grace for those people who rarely get to be able to be seen that way.

My mom has always taught me to stand up for people who don't have a voice.

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.

We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.

I like to give a voice to others, especially things neglected or despised.

Everything was a song. Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love... if you could feel it, I could feel it. And I could write a song about it.

I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

Everyone wants to be seen. Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone wants to be recognized as the person that they are and not a stereotype or an image.

I think a lot of the source of how people are treated depends on the fact if someone recognizes them as a human being or not, you know what I mean?

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

The measure of a conversation is how much mutual recognition there is in it; how much shared there is in it. If you're talking about what's in your own head, or without thought to what people looking and listening will feel, you might as well be in a room talking to yourself.

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.