Quotes about "Emotional Intelligence"

I think that autistic brains tend to be specialized brains. Autistic people tend to be less social. It takes a ton of processor space in the brain to have all the social circuits. ”

Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can't stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there's too much stimulation. ”

There are many people who know nothing of a world in which we take the reality of the 'other' seriously. I'm running on that platform: other people in other countries are really, really real, and there has to be a way of presenting their reality that is not condescending to them or about our psycho-social needs. ”

Depression is a leading cause of ill health and disability, and many do not have access to mental health services and face significant social stigma around their disease. ”

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel. ”

Self-awareness is one of the biggest enemies to creativity. ”

What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had. ”

Social Security is legally prohibited from contributing to the deficit. It cannot use debt to pay out benefits. ”

Those who want to cut Social Security are prepared to take hostages, manufacture crises, and use scare tactics to undermine the retirement security of Americans. ”

Social Security is fundamentally strong. ”