Cole Porter Quotes

I hate interference, and I don't interfere in others' lives.

Everybody has their own way to deal with it. I don't concern myself with other people's - whether or not they want to come out, it's not something for me think about.

I do believe people ought to be left alone. I don't care who you are or what you do at home or who your friends are or where you hang out, what kind of music you listen to, what you do in your home is your own business. That's always been who I am. I am a leave me alone kind of guy.

I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what nobody do. That's they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I'm saying?

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

Why can't everybody leave everybody else the hell alone.

The mission of our country is not to make other people like us but to enable them to be free to be themselves.

Everybody has to choose his or her own way to climb a mountain. I don't give an opinion. But there needs to be enough room for others.

You have to accept that other people are not going to live their lives like you, and you have to find a way to achieve your goals while they are still existing and living their lives according to their choices.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Love is authentic only when it gives freedom. Love is true only when it respects the other person's individuality, his privacy.

Civilization depends on, and civility often requires, the willingness to say, 'What you are doing is none of my business' and 'What I am doing is none of your business.'

Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.

I live the way I want to live, and I don't comment on the way that other people live.

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

I deal with a lot of wonderful gay people. I hire a lot of them. I use a lot of them. I respect them. They're terrific. I am good friends with them. But you live your life the way you want to live, and I'll live mine, and I won't stick my nose in yours.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

You have to respect everybody's desires and way of living.

I want my personal life to be personal.

Individuality or Unity? I say there's room for both.

I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected.

You don't need to know who I'm dating. You don't need to know what I'm doing. I'm fine with everybody not knowing that.

All we ask is to be let alone.

Friends can have different dreams and do different things.

People generally let me be me. People are aware that I'm not someone particularly begging for attention. They hold back a bit with me.