Edward Carpenter Quotes

The important thing is having genuine regard for your audience.

I would just like a woman someday, somewhere, at some point in my life to say to me, 'You're a great listener.' Haven't heard it yet, and that's a superior compliment to get from a woman. But I'm going to work on it.

I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling.

Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed.

I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.

I don't want to treat my fans like they are stupid.

As mayor, I used to always feel the important thing is that people respect me, not love me - but it is really much nicer when they love you, too. I'm going to try to keep it that way.

I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape.

My approach is a very human one, as a fan.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.

One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.

My mum told me that the best thing you could give a woman was attention.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

When you love someone, you should see beyond their image.

My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.

Attention. That's all girls want.

I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts.

You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me, those people are very important.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind.

Friends accept you the way you are.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public.