Quotes About Diversity

Science is a broad church full of narrow minds, trained to know ever more about ever less.

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.

Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything.

I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.

The flavor is not the important element. What really matters is the water. If th pitcher (Christian) is filled with water (Jesus), the flavor (personality) of th tea doesn't really matter. Some people will be drawn to Christ because of the appeal of one flavor, while other unsaved people will be more receptive to anothr. As long as they receive the Water of LIfe, what difference does the flavor make?

No one on earth has lived through the exact same experiences you have, and no one thinks the exact same thoughts you do.

While Jesus transcends culture, culture does not change God's word.

We believe that religions are basically the same…they only differ on matters of creation, sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

In a similar way, the arts can act on God's side by preserving beauty and drawing out the highest achievements capable by humans. The arts can help preserve and renew cultures, and this is a good thing in itself.

If Mozart had been born a Kalahari Bushman, he'd have been known as the best drummer in his family.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

We passed a street minstrel who was singing in one of the more obscure Eastern languages, and I dropped a few orbs into his instrument case. "Boss, was he singing what I thought he was singing?" "A young man tells his beloved of his love for her." " 'My little hairy testicle—' " "It's a cultural thing, Loiosh. You wouldn't understand.

We need a new, deeper appreciation of the ethnic histories of the American people, not a reduction of American history to ethnic histories.

I don't hold that everybody has to love fashion. Some people like gardening.

All those bickering worshippers, each one convinced their version is the right one. Imagine getting prayers from ten million believers, not one of them believing the same thing as the one kneeling beside him or her. Imagine all those Holy Books, not one of them agreeing on anything, yet all of them purporting to be the word of that one god. Imagine two armies annihilating each other, both in that god's name. Who wouldn't be driven mad by that?

We are contrary creatures, us humans, but that isn't something we need be afraid of, or even much troubled by. And if you make a list of those people who worship consistency, you'll find they're one and all tyrants or would-be tyrants. Ruling over thousands, or over a husband or a wife, or some cowering child. Never fear contradiction, Cutter, it is the very heart of diversity.

There was, in his mind, no truer measure of stupidity than to imagine that the world could be reduced to two sides

Diversity is worth celebrating, Humbrall Taur, for it is the birthplace of wisdom.

The existance of many gods conveys true complexity of mortal life. Conversely, the assertion of but one god leads to a denial of complexity, and encourages the need to maek the world simple. Not the fault of the god, but a crime commited by its believers.

If you can only feel safe when everybody else feels, thinks and looks the same as you, then you're a Hood-damned coward…not to mention a vicious tyrant in the making.

I like combining polar opposites, like a floral skirt with combat boots, or ripped jeans with a fancy top.

I shop a lot from the children's section and, sometimes, from the men's section. You'll find skirts, shirts and shoes from the children's section. My friends buy me more adult-like clothes, and I love those. But I cannot do away with the colourful stuff.

Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food.

A rainbow is something in the sky, so a rainbow flag fits.