Cecily Strong Quotes

I don't have a hateful bone in my body. I don't believe anyone should be bullied or made to feel bad about who they are.

Just be who you are and respect everyone you meet.

I don't know what it's like to be mocked because of your skin color. I don't know what it's like to feel overweight. All I can do as a woman is have compassion, treat other women with kindness, and allow them to just be happy and not judge them for it.

Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.

I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.

I am a compassionate human being. I am who I am.

There is an inherent tolerance and kindness in the state school teenagers I know.

Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others.

It's amazing how kind everyone is here in the U.S.

There is no harm in making people laugh by making fun of yourself. What's wrong is when people derive pleasure from making fun of others.

It's so important to just be nice to everyone and be respectful.

I long ago vowed, as Batman did before me, never to make fun of stuff that people couldn't help. Because it's (1) easy and (2) not fair. There are plenty of things that people have complete control over that are worthy of ridicule.

The thing that is most conducive of that better life for all is love, acceptance, understanding and being yourself.

Follow your path unapologetically. Be compassionate.

I'm only going to be the way I'd want someone to react to me.

America, I am a strong believer that how we treat each other matters.

I feel like anything I'm doing in life, I try to stay myself and be as honest and true as I can be, you know, and be a nice person. I've always been taught to be kind to people and have an open mind about life.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

I don't want to intimidate people. There's nothing bullyish about me, you know. If there's anybody who's anti-bully, it's me.

I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me.

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.

Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.

It blows my mind that anyone could be unkind to anyone.