Elayne Boosler Quotes

Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.

I grew up in Vancouver, which is a pretty liberal, gay Mecca of the West coast. There's San Francisco, and then there's Vancouver.

I'm a liberal. The "L" word! ... I love it. Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm a total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.

Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing.

Right-wing, pivot, centre-back, full-back, right, left. I've never felt uncomfortable anywhere.

Liberals are my friends, my colleagues, my social world.

You can't believe how pro-gay and pro-freedom-of-speech I am. I'm way out beyond anyone on the Left.

Minneapolis just embraced me. There are a lot of weirdos here. It's awesome, because I'm a weirdo. Thankfully, the city embraced me with open arms. A lot about Minneapolis helped carve my musicality and open my eyes. The whole town is so open-minded compared to like, you know, Texas.

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.

The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.

I'm not politically correct; I never said I was.

Obviously I'm not there to pick up anybody, but I'm not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.

Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in a diverse and democratic world.

We are not a monolithic group of individuals, not every single person believes the exact same thing.

I'm not politically correct.

Whether you are Republican or Democrat or liberal or conservative, we should never, never, never allow ourselves emotionally to interfere with another person's right to express themselves.

I'm a wet liberal really, and always have been. But I'm sort of an aggressive wet liberal.

The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.

Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings.

I'm a liberal Democrat, and I state that proudly.

I remember doing 'La Bamba' and thinking, 'Do you really think that Latinos will be accepted in mainstream?' and I said, 'Someday I hope so, but there is no guarantee.'

Growing up in a multicultural family, I never really felt that I was different - even though I was from most of the kids in my school. Especially with music, I try to just approach it as an equal.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

Lesbianville is not an appropriate name for our town. Toleranceville is more appropriate.