Quotes About Acceptance

The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.

One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.

One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.'

Taoism taught me to focus on the process and not to be attached to preconceived ideas of what I thought the outcome should be.

As a global society, we do not have to agree, endorse or condone the lifestyle choices of others. However, history has taught us that we equally cannot and should not excuse those who would hide behind religion or misuse God's word to justify bigotry and persecution.

I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.

Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.

I have never, ever, received any taunts or any form of anti-Semitism. And I suppose being a Jewish football player with the Atlanta Falcons was no different than being a Baptist football player with the Atlanta Falcons. But in the back of your mind, you always expect something to happen.

Conservatives have long been suspicious that Romney isn't truly one of them. The release of his tax returns should settle the matter once and for all: He's not only to be accepted, but admired and emulated - and by liberals as well as conservatives.

I think the word for me is survival, not ambition. I'm really a lucky man. I've always accepted whatever I was in, whether it was driving a taxi or entertaining. The jet set might not enjoy what I do, but I deal with the average person.

If you're gay and you can't hold hands, or you're black and you can't catch a taxi, or you're a woman and you can't go into the park, you are aware there's a menace. That's costly on a psychic level. The world should be striving to make all its members secure.

We can't all have faces like Elizabeth Taylor or Angelina Jolie.

I accept I am not everyone's cup of tea, but judge me over a period of time.

My dad had always been a big decaf coffee drinker. But my mom had always been more of a tea drinker. So I grew up around a lot of tea. And I also really love tea. But I'm not one of those people who has ever felt the need to choose between coffee and tea. I think that is a completely false dichotomy.

I wouldn't go back and be 25 again for all the tea in China.

I do understand that not everyone is going to sit and listen to an Enya album. When someone says it's not their cup of tea, it's not their kind of album, that's fine by me.

Certain kinds of people will always have an issue with my music. But that's fine; it's OK. I don't want to be the McDonald's of music. I don't want to not turn anyone off. If you were everybody's cup of tea, you'd probably be boring.

I try not to look any further ahead than the next cup of tea. You never know if that cuppa will come or not, do you?

I understand I'm not everyone's cup of tea, and I certainly don't want everyone to look like me. I really only dress for myself.

I can't knock gay rap, or retarded rap - whatever. Do what you do; I don't really listen to it. I don't really pay that no attention. Like I said, it's not my cup of tea - to each his own. At the end of the day, we all people.

I understand that Adrenaline Mob is not going to be every Dream Theater fan's cup of tea. I totally get that; I understand that. It's different world.

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.

I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.

I don't teach my children what is Hindu and what is Muslim.