Kumail Nanjiani Quotes

Diversity is more than just a buzzword to me. It's my life.

I'm all about unity and loving your neighbor... If somebody told me when I was growing up that the music I was listening to was stupid, and I listened to them, I wouldn't be where I am today.

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.

There are so many different walks of life, so many different personalities in the world. And no longer do you have to be a chameleon and try and adapt to that environment - you can truly be yourself.

Fashion is quite inclusive and good at embracing different things and different forms of beauty. It's a very liberal industry. You can be yourself.

I don't think it's any secret that there's a lack of diversity in Silicon Valley. But that, to me, is actually quite beautiful. It allows me to be fully me because there is no one else to look at and say, 'Oh, I should be more like that.'

Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities.

I think anyplace people can be themselves is a good thing.

Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

Be yourself. And if you're not accepted by your family, there will be people who will accept you.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.

At the beginning of each year, we have conceptual meetings. How are we going to challenge ourselves this year? So we suggested a transsexual or transgender. And to be honest, I am shocked they let us do it.

What's important to me is people just being people.

Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.

It's really important to share the idea that being different might feel like a problem at the time, but ultimately diversity is a strength.

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

I love the mixture that's in me. It makes me me. And that's why it's such a shame that people waste energy in denying who they are.

Don't worry about what the people say; be yourself, say what you want to say with respect.

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

I got to college and saw all of my friends going to these other schools and thought, 'You know, college is just a blank slate.' And I had an opportunity to go to different schools, but I chose Brown because it was unique and allowed you to be yourself as an individual and like I said, it's a blank slate.

I know one of the reasons I first started making Youtube videos was because no one looks like me.

Employers have recognized for some time that it's smart business to have a diverse workforce - one in which many views are represented and everyone's talents are valued. Well, disability is part of diversity.