Rachel Parris Quotes

People appreciate it when you take some time to think about who will be listening to your jokes.

I can't do comedy that is cutting and vicious. If I knew I'd said something that was going to make someone feel bad, well, that supersedes everything.

Just because you're funny doesn't mean you get to be cruel.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my show to feel terrible about something. So I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.

I'm sensitive, and I don't ever want to make anyone feel uncomfortable.

My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

We feel that what's too far is when you make a joke and somebody gets hurt.

I don't like people being cautious and tentative and choosing their words carefully around me because I'm a dwarf.

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.

I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.

There are certain things I don't want to joke about. If it's about somebody else, it's fine. If it's about me, I think it's totally insensitive!

I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book.

The harshness and choice of words can cut deeply. Republicans need to show compassion and to be reasonable when talking to any ethnic group.

Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'

If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things.

I always think you have to show a degree of humanity and sensitivity when you're dealing with people in extreme circumstances.

People forget that everyone has feelings, regardless of their career choice.

Remember to be sensitive to the feelings of people around you.

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

Ultimately, my character is defined by the quality of my sensitivity to other people. I exist in equilibrium. I am here to the degree I am there.

I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas - ideas don't have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them.