Signorile Quotes & Sayings

One of the mistakes the Germans made ... was that they were not brave enough to be afraid. — Gunter Grass

Later I read that there are things inside us too tiny to see. Not even a microscope can capture them. This got me thinking
if there are things inside us too tiny to see, might there be things outside us too big to believe? — Rene Denfeld

Yoshino distinguishes covering from "conversion" (trying to become straight) and "passing" (staying in the closet), and points out that even after gay people come out, society exerts a "covering demand" on its minority members. I would argue that, by pleading for more magnanimous treatment of our opponents, gay thought leaders were unconsciously applying the covering demand to the LGBT equality movement as a whole. — Michelangelo Signorile

When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of feeling safe has become second nature, and we do not reflect on just how this is due solely to the working of special institutions. Commonplace thinking often has the impression that force holds the state together, but in fact its only bond is the fundamental sense of order which everybody possesses. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Demanding a separation between church and state isn't enough; the churches' basic doctrines must be changed, with homophobia written out forever. — Michelangelo Signorile

the fact remains that it is the fight itself, standing up against the hate because we dare to demand equality, that changes the culture and brings people to the cause. — Michelangelo Signorile

I didn't realize it, but the days came along one after another, and then two years were gone, and everything was gone, and I was gone. — F Scott Fitzgerald

A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand the right to marry not as a way of adhering to society's moral codes but rather to debunk a myth and radically alter an archaic institution. [Legalizing "same-sex marriage"] is also a chance to wholly transform the definition of family in American culture. — Michelangelo Signorile

No motion has she now, no force; she neither hears nor sees; rolled around in earth's diurnal course, with rocks, and stones, and trees. — William Wordsworth

School life is like being on a monkey mountain ... monkeys in the same gang constantly fight and get back together again ... and a hierarchy gets established. — Shouko Akira

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. — Joyce Meyer

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which finally passed in the Senate late last year, is a throwback to the 1990s, when ENDA was first introduced; the bill wasn't updated to the times we live in. It exempts businesses owned by religious groups. — Michelangelo Signorile

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person. — Lois Lowry

Hello again, violinist,' he said in a hoarse voice. 'Fancy meeting you here. — Regina Doman

i would like everyone to post stories on DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS everyday on this page and keep everyone updated because everyday is DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY and networking in helping others against this abuse and helping to save lives — Robert D. Boyd Jr.

George W. Bush's approval ratings have plummeted as Americans realize that it's not gay marriage that's destroying the country, but rather the president, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and the rest of the gang in the White House. They're the ones who've taken us to war based on lies and have irreparably damaged the nation's integrity. — Michelangelo Signorile

How easy it is to deny the pain of someone else's suffering, — Chuck Schuldiner