Bruce Davison Quotes

I want people to be more accepting.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Anyone can be tolerant of those who are tolerant.

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other. It's not up to me to judge anybody.

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.

We have to believe that we can hold different points of view without labeling each other bad feminists.

We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

I think we should all be tolerant of each other and embrace each others' strengths and differences and uniqueness and beauty.

It is my goal to love everyone. I hate no one. Regardless of their race, religion, their proclivities, the desire of their heart and how they want to live their life and the decisions that they make. I can even respect people's decisions and lifestyle choices just as I hope they have the courtesy to respect my decisions and my choices.

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

Let's not demonize people who don't happen to agree with us.

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

I learned tolerance at a very early age.

I'm not against anybody.

I always admired the tolerance of my family - you know, that they tolerated my dissension for the family consensus.

If tolerance is the best we can do in this moment, then by all means let's be tolerant. But by stopping there, by merely tolerating each other, we miss so much.

In everything I do, I want people to get the message of acceptance, to learn not to practice contempt without investigation. I have an obligation to do it.

We, as a society, need to be open-minded.

'Laramie' is a way in to replacing any hate in your heart with understanding, compassion, and acceptance.

Acceptance is the only thing you should teach. Be it Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Dalit, you must inculcate acceptance, not tolerance.

My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.

I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.