Geoffrey Fisher Quotes

I think a lot of moral debates are not over what is the basis of justice, but who gets a ticket to play in the game.

I would never belong to any club that excluded anybody for race.

We shall be inconsistent with ourselves if, after boasting of having opened an asylum for the oppressed of all nations … we make the terms of admission to the full enjoyment of that asylum so hard as is now proposed.

I'm all for diversity - but diversity for deserving people.

I can't tell you that if you bring in a bunch of weird and different people, then a bunch of good things will happen. But I can tell you that if you hire a bunch of similar people and promote only the ones who are most similar, a bunch of bad things are likely to happen.

If you exclude a group of people from the boardroom or the leadership ranks of a company, the company is not as good as it could be.

Sometimes America is so great because it brings all of us together, but sometimes it can be so limiting because it puts labels on things.

I walk through doors. If I'm not wanted in a place, there's something wrong with the place, not with me.

I wasn't treated different to anyone else, I just performed on the pitch and that helped my selection for the 'Development England' side at the age of 13 and I had no extra boundaries just because I was Asian.

Nobody should get fired because of who they are, or who they love.

As a woman in this organization, I can say that I don't ever feel that I was discriminated against or prevented from opportunities.

I was the first black director on 'Dallas.' I drove my car into the studio lot and the guard asked me who I was delivering to.

I'm against exclusion of any kind - whether that's restricting people from Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. or kicking merchants off our platform if they're operating within the law.

I just want to see more understanding and less racism in sports.

You can't confuse safety with religion or national origin.

I certainly believe in equal rights.

It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.

We should judge by talent and work not by community or caste.

Most of the discrimination I have encountered centered on the view that I am not a part of this great nation, even though I grew up in Ohio, graduated from law school in Washington, D.C., and received my commission in the U.S. Air Force in 1991.

I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.

I kind of understood inherently - and I wasn't really conflicted about this - that comics were not for me or by people who looked like me. That was just something that I accepted about the world.

We have a collective responsibility to do everything we can to make sure that everyone feels that the workplace is a safe and equal environment.

We try to take a very strong stance against discrimination and hatred.

I think, to many people in the company, I am somewhat of an outsider.

It's impossible to play football in a world among men and not fight for equality.