John Irving Quotes

I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.

Who am I to judge a gay person?

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

I'm not against anybody. I'm really not. I'm not a hater. I'm not homophobic. I honestly don't care what people do personally in their individual lives.

When I have kids, when I have a family and nieces and nephews, I'm gonna teach them to love more and be kinder and to not judge someone by the colour of their skin or any other thing.

Regardless of who you are or who you like, love is love.

I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality.

I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.

When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choose one thing over another.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway.

I'm just really supportive of everyone - even though I believe that things should be equal, people have different circumstances in their life that have taught them to be who they are. Even if I don't agree with them, I don't judge them. I'm a really non-judgmental person.

I could never be homophobic in any kind of way, dude. I'm such a free bird.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.

We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.

I grew up with a strong set of values - and one was never judging someone by how much money they had.

I can't approach a character with judgment.

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.

At the end of the day, there should be no judgment or body shaming on anyone.

I had to realize that everyone has opinions, and they all have the right to feel a certain way, and you have to respect that.

Everything I stood for, forever, since the beginning of time, has been about seeing people as humans. Not as man, woman, white, Hispanic, any of that stuff.

I don't want to judge anybody by wherever they go.

I feel like hate and darkness get so much airtime. We need to give peace and love as much airtime as we can. We need to be teaching our kids that it's okay to love whoever you want to love, and it's okay to be who you want to be, and it's okay to feel that everybody should be treated equally and with respect. Such simple things that I don't know why it's hard for people to understand.