Gay Quotes - Page 6

• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Peace, Kings

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.

  Ang Lee

  Salon, October 17, 1997.

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• I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals.

  Norm MacDonald

  Broadway, Knows, Gay Pride

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Life, Sex, World

  "Somerset Maugham". Book by Ted Morgan, 1980.

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• Tom Cruise's attorney said he is going to sue anyone who claims he is gay. In a related story, Ricky Martin's attorney has been hospitalized for exhaustion.

  Conan O'Brien

  Suing, Stories, Cruise

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• I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.

  Barack Obama

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

  "Barack Obama Answers Your Questions About Gay Marriage, Paying For College, More". www.mtv.com. November 01, 2008.

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• We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges.

  Barack Obama

  Mom, Mother, Teenage

  "Empathy and the Supreme Court" by Jonah Goldberg, articles.latimes.com. April 13, 2010.

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• I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people.

  Joel Osteen

  People, Gay Marriage

  "John Brennan talks War on Terror; Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of hope". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 29, 2012.

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• Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.

  Joel Osteen

  Thinking, Looks, Proud

  "‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’: Pastor Joel Osteen Talks Homosexuality And Degrees Of Sin (VIDEO)". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 09, 2012.

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• I don't care if you're gay, black, Chinese, straight. That means nothing to me. It's all an illusion.

  Joe Rogan

  Mean, Black, Chinese

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• Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase.

  Scott Thompson

  Thinking, July, Long

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• I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy. The civil rights movement thrives on unity and inclusion, not division and exclusion. My husband's struggle parallels that of the gay rights movement.

  Coretta Scott King

  Husband, Attitude, Believe

  Chicago Sun Times, April 1, 1998.

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• Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Bisexual, People

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• There's lots of stuff about me being a fan of Cliff but not being gay. Which suggests that he is, but he's not. Anyway, this is Channel 4, let their lawyers sort it out.

  Johnny Vegas

  Fans, Stuff, Cliffs

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• The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Romantic, Successful, Lasts

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• Straight people say, 'You know you're just gay,' and gay people say, 'You know you're just gay.' There is such a thing as bisexual!

  Andy Dick

  Bisexual, People, Knows

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Marriage, Stupid, Men

  "Schwarzenegger on abortion, gays, environment". edition.cnn.com. August 28, 2003.

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• We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.

  Robin Williams

  Funny, Inspiration, Humor

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• Straight Americans need... an education of the heart and soul. They must understand - to begin with - how it can feel to spend years denying your own deepest truths, to sit silently through classes, meals, and church services while people you love toss off remarks that brutalize your soul.

  Bruce Bawer

  Heart, Years, Church Service

  "If Davide Geffen or Elton John is rich, isn't it a sigh of God's favor?". The Advocate Magazine, April 28, 1998.

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• It's part of Satan, I think, to say that this is "gay". It's anything but gay.

  Michele Bachmann

  Thinking, Satan, Anti Gay

  "Bachmann says 'I don't judge' gays". Interview with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. August 14, 2011.

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• It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

  Horace

  Good Things

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• People have often asked if I'm gay because I don't go out of my way to spit and scratch and give people attitude.

  Jason Bateman

  Attitude, People, Giving

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• The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it. I was thinking, The people who need to know I'm gay know.

  Portia de Rossi

  Courage, Thinking, Ethos

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I first started teaching at Berkeley in 1958, I could not announce that I was gay to anybody, though probably quite a few of my fellow teachers knew.

  Thom Gunn

  Teacher, Teaching, Pride

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• My gay audience has been with me from the beginning.

  Kylie Minogue

  Audience, Has Beens

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