Nick Diaz Quotes

Mental illnesses are so frightening and there's so much ignorance about them that I think it comforts people to think, 'Oh, well, it happens to these people because they deserve it.'

The finger of suspicion never forgets the way it has once pointed.

We all deal with being unfairly judged.

Some people say I'm unique, that there aren't other people with schizophrenia like me. Well, there are people like me out there, but the stigma is so great that they don't come forward.

The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It's dismissive.

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

It's easier to say people are crazy than to try to figure out why.

We want to blame people who have brain disorders - they should somehow be able to magically rise above it. It's a profound misconception.

In fact, people with mental illness are more likely to be the victims of violence rather than anything else. So it's important that we not stereotype folks with mental illness.

Mental illness, hate and anger exist everywhere, but in America too often it comes armed.

By the very nature of being a clergyman's son, people tend to put you slightly apart, which is - you tend to live a life, at some stages, as being - people being suspicious of you and puts you rather on a - I don't mean lonely, particularly. But it does tend to put you apart.

Anyone who feels that homosexuality is not only a sin but also a disease or a mental issue should take a look in the mirror and realize who the real crazy person is.

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.

Sometimes I'd like to stuff all Jews (myself included) into the drawer of a laundry basket. then open it to see if they've suffocated

The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb.

People think because I'm shaped this way, I'm scandalous

We are at fault for not slaying the Jews.

Hate is a cancer that spreads one cell at a time.

Fear is isolating for those that fear. And I have come to believe that fear is a cruelty to those who are feared.

You're never going to get beyond other people's preconceptions of what you are and what you're about.

Hate demands existence, and he who hates has to show his hate in appropriate actions and behaviors; in a sense, he has to become hate. That is why the Americans have substituted discrimination for lynching.

I always felt like I had the word "illegal" tattooed on my forehead.

And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give them a name as Hindus, Russians, or what you will. It is so much easier to label people, for then you can pass by and kick them, drop a bomb on India or Japan.

We see people of kindness, compassion, and possibly even faith being told, "Because of a characteristic with which you were born, you are evil and bad." Anything that even implies such a stance is profoundly toxic.

There are too many of us, he thought. There are billions of us and that's too many. Nobody knows anyone. Strangers come and violate you. Strangers come and cut your heart out. Strangers come and take your blood. Good God, who were those men? I never saw them before in my life!