Famous Quotes & Sayings

Adrienne Rich

I think about the possibilities for empathy, for mutual solidarity among gay men and lesbians, not simply as people who suffer under homophobia, but as people who are also extremely creative, active, and have a particular understanding of the human condition.

Adrien Brody

Obviously I'm not there to pick up anybody, but I'm not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.

On one hand there is no association between mental illness and homosexuality. On the other hand, we also know that gays and lesbians have higher levels of stress problems.

Juan Pablo Galavis

I am a father, and I know the feel of being a father. Why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also be happy parents?

Juan Pablo Galavis

I respect every gay man and woman. They're that way, and they just want to be happy.

Jason Collins

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay,

Jason Collins

I'm a veteran, and I've earned the right to be heard. I'll lead by example and show that gay players are no different from straight ones. I'm not the loudest person in the room, but I'll speak up when something isn't right. And try to make everyone laugh.

Jasmine Guy

I don't much care who is gay or straight or married or not. I mostly notice if they are brave enough to confront bigotry.

Jason Bateman

I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay.

Jason Bateman

If people are going to complain about stereotyping, it's as likely to be Italian-Americans as gay people.

Jason Bateman

It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it proudly.

Janis Ian

Of course, I have a different vested interest in the gay community, because I am gay, and I would certainly enjoy the tax advantages that straight people have, and the inheritance advantages, and things like Social Security, but I've always been a civil rights advocate across the board. That's how I was raised.

Janice Dickinson

Without gay men, I am nothing.

Janet Jackson

It's two people that are in love with one another. What's the issue?

There are some people who don't want to think about teenagers having sex at all, in real life or in literature, ... Some parents don't want their kids reading about gay and lesbian characters.

I am hopeful we shall learn from one another and about one another, as a gay man and a gay pastor.

Ben Folds

I look to an out gay man or woman as pretty much what I would aspire to. The strength that it takes to do that and the floodgates that open and what they pay for it.

Cameron Monaghan

I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.

Cameron Monaghan

You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.

Carson Kressley

Whether you're gay or straight, with a physical disability, your skin's a different color, it's absurd in this age to not be aware and be concerned of the inequity in rights.

Alan Cumming

It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?

Alan Dershowitz

The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters are not given tenure; they are murdered, after first being tortured. Blasphemy, which is broadly defined, is punished. Gays are not only excluded from Iranian universities, but are imprisoned and killed.

Charles Barkley

I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play.

Charles Barkley

They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a long time, because as a black person, I can't be in for any form of discrimination at all.

Charles Barkley

I'm really disturbed about the gay marriage thing. Because I think gay people should get married, cause it's their own business ... Because as a Black man, I think you've got to be against any form of discrimination.

Barry Goldwater

The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of people’s private lives. Government governs best when it governs least – and stays out of the impossible task of legislating morality. But legislating someone’s version of morality is exactly what we do by perpetuating discrimination against gays.

Artie Lange

I have gay friends, I support gay rights, I have nothing against the gay community, but when I see two guys kissing, I think it's gross. And, by the way, it's gross when 99% of straight people do it, too.

Bruce Jenner

I am not gay. I am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've never been with a guy.

Edmund Spenser

All that in this world is great or gay, Doth, as a vapor, vanish and decay.

Conan O'Brien

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

The White House admitted that Vice President Biden's endorsement of gay marriage forced him to come out in favor of it. So in a related story millions of Americans are trying to get Biden hooked on pot.

Conan O'Brien

Today Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance against gay marriage. Trump said marriage is between a rich guy and his much younger third wife.

Courtney Love

I need the gays at the shows. If I don't have the gays, I just go nuts, because they always know every word and they're the best core audience you can have.