Jools Holland Quotes

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

This may be a bit of a broad statement, but I don't think there's anyone that I've met that I haven't created a bit of a deep relationship with. It's a really lovely thing to create a relation with people that might not anticipate that closeness. And that's kind of the light of my life, getting to be close to people.

Family is just the people you care about. We can bond with people that we have nothing in common with, even if it's just for a moment.

What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found in The Other.

What makes a fulfilling relationship or fulfilling life is not simply found in another. It's found in a group of others.

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.

I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

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

Whenever people reach out the hand of friendship towards me, I am not going to refuse that hand.

People can transcend and overcome their differences and be very easily bonded.

There's not many people that I can't relate to and can't share experiences with.

I believe now that love is letting people in. Love is bigger than all of us.

You never know where someone else is coming from. Even within best friendships or within mother- daughter relationships, you never fully know what's behind someone's eyes.

You can't have empathy for somebody that's gone through something you haven't - because, definitionally, you can't. But you can feel for them and have sympathy for them. And that's what this country needs to practice more. It's about realizing that you do come from a different place.

Basically, therefore, we should approach others openly, recognizing each person as another human being just like ourselves. There is not much difference between us all.

It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle.

As we form our individual opinions of our fellow man, let us base them on our similarities and not our differences.

After all, the only way to communicate is to find someone who can comprehend; the only way to be forgiven is to find someone who is willing to forgive.

I think I'm relatable.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

I try not to put messages in my songs. My only message is man's communication with his fellow man. I want to narrow the gap of strangeness and alienation.