Ryan Murphy Quotes

Education, Love & Acceptance are the First Steps to Breaking Down Barriers

There's so much more to people than their differences.

We have to look beyond what we see as the typical, the 'normal package,' and just see people as who they are. We all have to learn and get along a little better in society.

It's not enough to be tolerant...now we're finally moving towards the idea of acceptance.

Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.

We can be more inclusive.

It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. I pray we may all challenge ourselves to delve into the deepest resources of our hearts to cultivate an atmosphere of understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion. We are all in this life together.

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

I can't wait until we get to the stage where we don't have to explain anymore.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I wanted people not to care about whether you were gay, straight, black, white, transgender, whatever it may be... That being said, there's more work to be done... I still want to change the world, absolutely.

My dear compatriots, I'm not interested in your race, your origin, your sexual orientation. What interests me is your happiness.

I think for me, as a gay person, I can convince a lot more people to be for gay marriage by not screaming at them and berating them and embarrassing them and belittling them, but by showing them that we're all exactly the same.

I want to give something to the world that I feel I missed out on as a child, and I want to help people of all races, ethnicities, and orientations understand that no matter what differences we may think we have, everyone is a human, and everyone deserves to be respected and valued.

You could say slowly but surely, the world is changing in a good way - equality in all forms is more and more part of the global conversation, and people are celebrating diversity and individuality.

The more we reach out and become vulnerable and share our stories, the more people we will meet that will unite and help us to achieve more equality.

Human beings are human beings, regardless of what makes us different.

I just want to see more understanding and less racism in sports.

I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.

I encourage people to have those tough conversations just to educate yourself on what goes on and how we can create equality in the world and grow together as one.

Even from when I was in grade school or church or wherever, I was always like: we're one, and we should respect each other and grow as one. And respect each other's diversity, of course.

Our politics at its best involves us recognizing ourselves in each other. And our politics at its worst are when we see immigrants or women or blacks or gays or Mexicans as somehow separate, apart from us.

The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.