Quotes About Diversity

I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one section of earth by a really top hand.

because individualism is giving us real difficulties today. Although it is a guiding ideal for our age, accepted as a main achievement of the Enlightenment, it takes many different forms.

The multiplicity of forms! The hummingbird, the fox, the raven, the sparrow hawk, the otter, the dragonfly, the water lily! And on and on. It must be a great disappointment to God if we are not dazzled at least ten times a day.

There are as many worlds as there are imaginers. - The Boat (in "Winter Hours")

In looking for poems and poets, don't dwell on the boundaries of style, or time, or even of countries and cultures. Think of yourself rather as one member of a single, recognizable tribe. Expect to understand poems of other eras and other cultures. Expect to feel intimate with the distant voice. The differences you will find between then and now are interesting. They are not profound. (p. 11)

one day things are going to change. Everybody will sit together on trains and buses and planes." "And one day an African American man will run for president of the United States," said Annie. "And millions of people—of all colors—will vote for him." "And he'll win!" said Jack.

No one is excluded from the astronaut corps based on penis size.

We were unable to obtain any lesbians," Pomeroy says, as though perhaps they hadn't been in season, or his paperwork wasn't in order.)

Sometimes courage is nothing more than a willingness to think differently than those around you.

Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.

I need to say that we were strangers to any species of disunion or dispute. Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.

When you focus on their outward form, you will see only differences between the Muslim, the Christian, and the Jew. Why not zoom in on the inner light that they all share?

Life is too kind to men, whatever their color.

I must confess the word race is now obsolete and we should quickly replace it by another.

It is expected that all decisions taken by the coordinating council or by the general meeting shall be recommendations: members who are in the minority should not be obligated to participate in a decision with which they disagree but neither shall they have the right to counteract the actions of the majority in any way other than through the power of conviction.

You're into what you're into, I'm into what I'm into. We don't have to be into the same shit, and if you're safe, sane, and happy, then go on and get you some.

A person was like a city. You couldn't let a few less desirable parts put you off the whole. There may be bits you don't like, a few dodgy side streets and suburbs, but the good stuff makes it worthwhile.

There is no standard normal. Normal is subjective. There are seven billion versions of normal on this planet.

Any subject that displays inequality or may promote discrimination

worked at hundreds of networking events where I've met some of the most amazing individuals and people from all over the world.

is getting bored, shift the topic of the story or change the tone of your voice to make it sound more exciting.

Similarity is the shadow of difference. Two things are similar by virtue of their difference from another; or different by virtue of one's similarity to a third. So it is with individuals.

This is the diagnostic feature of modern life, the very definition of a high standard of living: diverse consumption, simplified production. Make one thing, use lots.

I forecast that the twenty-first century will show a continuing expansion of catallaxy – Hayek's word for spontaneous order created by exchange and specialisation.