How much do our words mean?

Rambling thought (or rant?) for the day. Is it just me (very likely) or does anyone else get tired of hollow statements? Let me explain what I mean by a hollow statement. The biggest culprit is the infamous "How are you doing?" as the person walks away without even really waiting for an answer. Really? Why bother? I know it is a fill-in similar to "How about the weather?" for conversation, but when people I know ask me that question I tend to think they really want to know. Turns out that most of the time they don't. Another one that I've heard several times lately is "Man, we need to get together soon." To me that implies that some sort of effort will be made to actually make that happen. A call to maybe go grab lunch or go to Starbucks and talk for awhile, something. Turns out I was wrong on that one too. I know these aren't big deals and that I've probably been guilty of making similar hollow statements, but I've found that it is gradually making my heart more and more callous to those people and also less willing to trust them or their sincerity. I want to take people at their word, but when we treat our words so casually they tend to be worth little to nothing in my opinion. Words mean little to me when they aren't backed up by our actions. I hear "I value your friendship" but without any action I tend to doubt it. For me actions do speak louder than words. Again this is probably just my warped view of the world.