To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating. Ronald Firbank
I know at the same time that you will be sympathetic to the point of view that public psychology, and for that matter, individual psychology, cannot, because of human weakness, be attuned for long periods of time to a constant repetition of the highest note on the scale. Franklin D. Roosevelt
I've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity. Tilda Swinton
To be a healthy person, you have to be sympathetic to the child you once were and maintain the continuity between you as a child and you as an adult. Maurice Sendak
I was brought up to be sympathetic toward others. Joyce Carol Oates
Anyone who knows me well must understand and be sympathetic to my genuine need to be my own greatest hero. It is not a flaw of character; it is a catastrophe. Pat Conroy