Bell Hooks Quotes

Tolerance is you saying something crazy and me smiling and saying, 'That's nice.'

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

I've undoubtedly offended people, but in the end, I've learned the people that will understand are the people I want to connect to, anyway.

I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.

Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.

People know there is a difference between what you do and what you accept. There is a difference between me knowing that people swear, me hearing people swear and me swearing, and everyone accepting that this is something you can do as much as you like.

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

It's about time that society accepts people for who they are.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

I'm open to whatever people want to call me.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

Tolerance is an acquired taste. It is not innate. You build tolerance.

If err we must, let us err on the side of tolerance.

We don't have to live in a world where everyone reacts perfectly the first time around, and if you don't, everything falls apart, and no one speaks to you ever again.

No matter where you're from, what you've done, who you are, what your family's done, it's like, you cannot be healthy without love.

I don't expect for people to like the same things, so I don't feel a need to force people to understand who we are.

I'd like to have more tolerance.

Some people just want to be accepted.

We are a diverse people, man.

Sexual orientation, color, background - that's what I want people to take away: Anyone can be anything.

I have learnt three things from Barry John which are applicable to life, too: Don't expect anything from another actor, one shouldn't judge, and one shouldn't block things.

I told my kids, 'It doesn't matter if this person or that person in the family isn't perfect; this is what you've got. We have to work with that, and if you can't work with that, then you're just jumping into someone else's family, and there's always going to be something missing if you don't work that out.'

It's a common issue that you see out there, where some families aren't as accepting of what people choose to be in their life.

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.