Quotes About Acceptance

Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must earn your place.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

Some days, I think maybe we should try and be a little more conventional, but every time I try, I fail, so I'm learning to not even entertain that thought anymore.

You don't have to be positive all the time.

I went by Kyle, and I made friends on the team as Kyle. It went on for a pretty long time, until I went to a birthday party in a dress and all the hockey players were like... 'Kyle?'

Forgiveness takes time. It is the last step of the grieving process.

I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.

I've played a ghost, cat, snake. I've been funny, sad. I've been filmed flying on screen. So why not spend time on something else? I don't need to accept everything I'm offered.

Most of the time, we keep looking outside and feeling sad about what others have. Those are mere excuses.

What took time for my mom was getting the pronouns right and calling me by a different name. Laverne was my middle name before I transitioned.

I've spent a lot of time in a rock n' roll band trying to fight off the fact that I was old enough to rent a car. And it's all sort of rushed in at once now. And I like it.

The sense of anger I had when I was younger is something I thought would never go away. Over time, it's something you get almost bored with.

The thought of being alone when time goes on is a little bit scary sometimes, but not really.

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No one's illegal. They should just be able to come.

We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.

There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together

We're all going to have to learn to live together and develop a greater tolerance and get rid off whatever our fathers gave us in the way of hatred between nations.

Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don't have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace.

It is perfect to be imperfect, because perfection is made up of many imperfections put together that makes it perfect.

Don't place expectations on someone. Enjoy the time you have together, and let it go where it goes.

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held.

It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together.

It's really hard to hate someone for being different when you're too busy laughing together.