Bob Greene Quotes

Our people should feel free to express diverse views, pursue unconventional ideas or simply be different.

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

Being different is ... interesting; there's nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme ... well, then, reality tends to fade away.

It takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. If everyone was straight-laced and uptight, it would sure be a drag. We need a little tug of war in society.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

I want everyone to express themselves in a unique way.

... the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

Different is good. Different is great!

The B-52s are all about inclusiveness and about celebrating your differences.

Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other's differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.

Today, we talk a lot about equality, but I think what most people mean by it is sameness - that everybody is the same - and they are afraid if they are not the same, they are not equal.

It's all about self-expression; you know, if you feel like a troll then you should look like a troll. It doesn't matter what you look like. I mean, if you have a hunchback just throw a little glitter on it, honey, and go dancing!

We can all live under the Constitution and all express ourself in radically different ways and not control each other.

Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

Glee's good because it tackles the issues by embracing what's different, and telling people, 'That's what makes you special' - I think that's the underlying thing.

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.

India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world's largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth.

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

Commandment Number One of any truly civilized society is this: Let people be different.

In a pluralistic society, no group, no matter how numerous or powerful, has a right to prescribe a set of beliefs or a code of ethics for all.