Jeff Fisher Quotes

We stood up and said that we welcome everyone, and that everyone deserves a shot to succeed.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.

If you are not diverse, you are saying, 'I don't want to be successful.'

LGBTQ people deserve to live, work, raise families, and succeed just like anyone else - and LGBTQ kids deserve to grow up in a country that supports and encourages them.

I would say for our straight allies, your job is to listen and not judge. Then, listen and not act.

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

At RightNow, we employed gays, and we ran a complete meritocracy.

I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it. The fact that a guy is gay doesn't mean he's going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren't gay. He can do whatever he wants with his private life.

Excellence is the best weapon against prejudice.

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside.

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 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.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.

I'm not against anybody. I'm really not. I'm not a hater. I'm not homophobic. I honestly don't care what people do personally in their individual lives.

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.

Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate.