Tom Hanks Quotes

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?

I'm usually pretty good about meeting people. I try to remember they are human, too!

It's human nature to want to be with other people.

Because you know what happens when you say 'hello' or 'good morning?' You make a connection. And isn't that what being human is all about?

The first thing you should know about people is that you don’t know the first thing about them.

Even before I did stand-up, I've always been the kind of guy - and I talk about it on stage - who says I like people and I always look for the good in people. I say, 'Every person has something good about them, if you can just find it.'

There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.

Part of the fun of life is interacting with people and not knowing what the truth is inside. Letting them reveal that to you is what binds you to people.

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

In our ordinary experiences with other people, we know that approaching each other in a machinelike way gets us into trouble.

To be treated well in places where you don't expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, that can't be a bad thing.

When you're close to somebody, you can never really know how they're experiencing the world.

All our relationships are person-to-person. They involve people seeing, hearing, touching, and speaking to each other; they involve sharing goods; and they involve moral values like generosity and compassion.

I'm just incredibly interested in people.

Whether a plane to Singapore, a subway in Manhattan, or the streets of Cincinnati, I search for meaningful conversation wherever I may travel. Without it, I believe we lose the ability to not only understand others, but more importantly, ourselves.

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

Most of the people that I deal with are human. So I've had a lot of experience with that.

Every person you meet has a story.

I think, when I meet a person, in general, it's not my habit to conclude anything about people. Not completely. Even people you know well constantly remain open.