Quotes About Diversity

Being raised by a Catholic father, a Protestant mother, and marrying the Muslim father of my three children, I encourage people to respect and at least try to understand different religions.

We are a people of many different religions and many different faiths. The only way forward in a pluralistic society of diverse faiths such as ours is to have laws that protect and respect the freedom of all, equally.

All religions are, in some basic sense, irrational.

We need more diversity - we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our world looks like.

My parents were Christians - Catholics, but not in the close-minded sense. I remember my mother to be a very pious woman, but she was never against other religions.

All organized religions are basically the same.

If you come to a Logic show, you get all creeds, colors, religions, and sexual orientations.

I respect other religions and other cultures.

I am a believer in god, but I have not restricted myself to one religion. I have experienced many religions.

I don't know whether or not it's good that we embrace all religions. We are no longer Christians - nevertheless a knowledge of God should still be important for Europeans.

Why do human beings find it so hard to live and let live? Countries are messing with each other. Religions are messing with each other. Castes are messing with each other; people mess with each other.

I study the Koran intensively, but I also study other religions, too. But it is in the Koran that the prophets are closest to me - there and in the mosque when I go to pray.

I'm from a really nice town. Full of nature, mountains, clean air, rock climbing. But I'd prefer New York City. I love the diversity here, the religions, the food - especially the food.

We have all ethnicities, religions, economic statuses, orientations, genders, so much diversity. We need to make sure that that diversity is seen, is heard, is respected, has a seat at the table, and is pulling a lever of power - either from a community perspective or from the perspective of elected officials.

I'm fascinated by religion, but I'm not particularly religious.

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

I never felt I had anything to hide. I never felt being gay was anything to be ashamed of, so I never felt apologetic. I didn't have issues with it, didn't grow up with any religion, so I didn't have any religious, you know, issues to deal with as far as homosexuality is concerned. So, I accepted it very easily. For me, it wasn't that big a deal.

I'm often cast as religious figures, good and bad, such as 'Kingdom Of Heaven.'

We are a nation built on principles of freedom, and high on the list of freedoms is freedom of religious expression.

As my mother is a Kerala Brahmin and my father a Kerala Nair, every day in the house is like a religious festival.

Reject racial or religious hate. Embrace moderate Islam.

We don't need this religious cosmopolitanism. It's no good.

I was always in new schools and had British parents, which was not the norm, and I think there was also... I'm not particularly religious, but I was born Jewish, and I always felt like the outsider because I wasn't Christian or Catholic.

My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.