The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.

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.

There are brilliant out lesbians and gay men and bisexuals and transgendered people and heterosexuals keeping the fire of change alive. Not a day goes by when I don't feel grateful to them for their work.

That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty.

Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one.

I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something.

I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

One disco, one soft ball game, one lost love, one gay pride rally at a time.

There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another.

I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody.

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model.

I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.

I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

As the middle begins to feel safe enough to accept some of the so-called radical thinking, ideas move to the middle and a new edge is created.

The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

We gave up having a TV last year. I am out of the loop. Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one.

It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

I am going to sing lesbian love songs and support gay rights no matter what. The rest is public relations.

We are a complex species to observe.

Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.

If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation.

I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out.

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

We are a communicating nation which needs access to space, access to the seas.

Every kid needs a mentor. Everybody needs a mentor.

One needs a Seer's Vision and an Angel's voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure.

So the old Copenhagen interpretation needs to be generalized, needs to be replaced by something that can be used for the whole universe, and can be used also in cases where there is plenty of individuality and history.

All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that.

It's depressing and scary, but he needs to know the world around him because he's fourteen now and in two years he's going to drive. He needs to know what goes on out in the world. I'm not going to always be there.

You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.

From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U.S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.

One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as are the needs and abilities of the children who enter them.

We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the main thing about a building like this is its upkeep. It needs central heating and it needs central air conditioning.