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Quotes About Straight

You can be our critic. Would you dig that? (Yes, he was the last Man in America who could say "dig" with a straight face without referring to the process of using a tool to remove dirt from the ground.)
~ Jordan Sonnenblick
Cool!" the young warrior exclaimed, his tail straight up in the air. Dustpelt rolled his eyes.
~ Erin Hunter
I've got my warrior name, too!" Crookedjaw?" How did you guess?" A purr rumbled in his throat. Because your tail's still straight.
~ Erin Hunter
I think, in general, straight actors should be able to play queer roles just as much as queer actors should be able to play straight roles. I think the reason why the debate is there is because we haven't had enough queer actors being cast in anything. People are in need of that representation in general.
~ Keiynan Lonsdale
At the root of the comic there is a sort of rigidity which compels its victims to keep strictly to one path, to follow it straight along, to shut their ears and refuse to listen.
~ bergson henri ii
Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake--you know, to send the right message to kids.
~ Bill Maher
In cricket, you should keep your wrist as straight as possible, unlike golf.
~ Brian Lara
To yield is to be preserved whole. To be bent is to become straight. To be hollow is to be filled. To be tattered is to be renewed. To be in want is to possess. To have plenty is to be confused," Lao Tzu wrote.
~ Gretel Ehrlich
The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.
~ Confucius
And the Punk God of the Straight Razor is currently occupied doing something very unpleasant on the Street of the Gods. It must be something especially upsetting, because some of the gods have come running out crying.
~ Simon R. Green
I like science and I love gym. Oh, and I like art, but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't draw a circle. Even with a ruler, I can't draw a straight line.
~ Daniel Radcliffe
Regardless of the cultural system, social pressure to appear straight seems to be fairly intense cross-culturally. Indeed, one is inclined to wonder, if being straight is just natural, why does it require quite so much policing?
~ Alice Dreger
He was tall, and straight, with a lot of very thick, wild, white hair. In his grim brown face the nose curved fiercely, like a bent bow, and the eyes were deep-set and dark.
~ Susan Cooper
Jesus Christ said the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the way is broad, but the gate which leads to life is straight and the way narrow.
~ Billy Graham
Only one detail gave me pause. He had a heterosexual actor in mind to play [Albin]. He assured me that Douglas Hodge was a brilliant choice for the role. And since I was being handed ninety-percent of my dream production, I gave my approval. Hell , I thought, If it's no good it's only being done in this tiny fringe theatre. Take the leap. Besides, this actor is English. None of them come off as straight. What's gayer than Hugh Grant in a rom-com?
~ Harvey Fierstein
Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
~ Eric Clapton
Any Democratic statement of core beliefs about the importance of families must include all our families, gay and straight. Our party has a long tradition of leading the charge on important questions of justice.
~ Jeanne Shaheen
Some games work well as straight patches, but 'The Trail' wasn't one of those.
~ Peter Molyneux
All the same, I don't mean nothin' you wouldn't like yer mas to know about, see? That's straight, that is. It's Art, and that makes all the difference. *When it ain't Art it's dirt, but if it's Art it's all right, see?*
~ Stella Gibbons
The truth is straight ahead, so don't burn yourself instead.
~ Jimi Hendrix
All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
Every night on my show, The Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, okay? I give people the truth, unfiltered by rational argument. I call it "The No Fact Zone.
~ Stephen Colbert
I don't look stoned?" My heart began to pound. The classic aim of a pothead is always to look perfectly straight—and if possible operate complicated machinery—while immense shrieking nebulae are coming asunder in his brain. To fail at this—to be found out—carries a mysterious burden of anxiety and shame. "How are my eyes?
~ Michael Chabon
Even in comedy, I'm always the straight guy, which is okay because that's a skill. But it would be nice to get out of that box.
~ Maura Tierney