Quotes About Diversity

She'd been in America almost three years now, but she still wasn't used to it, the same language sure, but they had different words for everything; she'd learned that a scone was a biscuit, that sidewalk meant a pavement, and that autumn was fall.

That's the beauty of things, right? People should be able to believe what they want to, follow who they want to

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?

No matter how significant or life-changing your greatest hit or miss might be, neither even begins to define all of who you are. Each of us is a product of all our experiences and all our interactions with other people. To cite calculus, we are the area under the curve.

But the wonderful thing about our democratic system is that anyone can jump in regardless of qualifications and present himself or herself to the American people, whether you are a former general, a former politician, a fool, or whatever. Quoted in The NPR Interviews 1996, edited by Robert Siegal

Everybody's funny in different ways.

Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.

Japanese children were kept out of California classrooms as late as 1907 on the theory that they lacked the aptitude for higher learning.

There isn't and never has been one America, but rather several Americas.

People are tired of homogenous, fluffy groups.

What isn't widely known about the Buffalo Soldiers stationed at Fort Duchesne is that many, if not most, of them were Freemasons.

Some universes must teem with life. Others must be completely dead.

Q: Why write about slavery? Haven't we had enough stories about slavery? Why do we need another one? A: I could have written about upper middle class white people who feel sad sometimes, but there's a lot of competition.

She's always thought that one of the beauties of New York is that you can be from anywhere and within moments of landing its yours.

Accepting and understanding difference is the key to progression.

I am but a single coin in a chest of billions.

Many have tried and all have failed; this world will never be ruled by one.

No matter your religion, nationality, sexuality or appearance, we are as one; human.

Nothing is ever simple in this world and is unlikely to be so in any other for that matter.

Only the fool forces all to believe his beliefs.

The narrower your mind, the narrower your life will be.

The Philosophy is for all; faith and faithless alike.

The way of philosophy is to disagree, justify, and to revel in such diversity.