Sophia Loren Quotes

For me, I feel like I relate to a lot of people.

We've got to find a way to use our identities to reach other people.

I think I reach people because I'm with them, not apart from them.

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.

I think I'm relatable.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.

Nobody is so weird others can't identify with them.

We strive to do stuff that connects with people.

I'm a mom. That probably hinders sometimes and helps sometimes. To some people, that makes me more approachable.

We all want to belong to something, and we all want to feel as though we have a legacy, and when you see two characters that have had that taken away from them, I think that just feels very real and very human.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

I'm always looking for people to feel connected to me and inspired in their own right.

I think more than anything, people just want to be understood.

Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.

Unless you listen, people are weazened in your presence; they become about a third of themselves. Unless you listen, you can't know anybody. Oh, you will know facts and what is in the newspapers and all of history, perhaps, but you will not know one single person. You know, I have come to think listening is love, that's what it really is.

That's really a very different experience: You don't have to look to be understood. You're already understood.

I've had to guess at her, sewing her skin together as I sew mine, though with a different stitch

In the end the listening exposes you even more than it exposes the people you're trying to listen to.

I remember Julianne Moore talking about acting and she said, "I'm just looking for truth. When people watch, they're not looking to see me. They're looking to see themselves." That's one of my new favorite sayings

You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.

Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.I am human: nothing human is alien to me.

The best way to break down that fear is to spend time with somebody, put yourself in somebody else's shoes, understand what the other person is going through.

I might live miles away from you, but I do understand you issues.