Stanley Crouch Quotes

There can be no assumption that today's majority is 'right' and the Amish and others like them are 'wrong.' A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.

I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.

Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, tries to understand and to see the truth in ideas with which he does not agree.

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

You can say anything to David Icke and he will accept it and put it into his ideology.

I don't discriminate against sushi. It's all good in my book.

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.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

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.

Just so that we are clear on this, I am in favour of teaching children about different beliefs. I am not in favour of indoctrinating them in any particular belief, including my own: these issues should be presented as beliefs, not as fact.

It's become easy for Americans to live in a cocoon of monolithic ideology and thought. It's time to embrace diversity of thought and diversity of experience.

You know, I'm not unwilling to listen to people just because where they're coming from. I'll listen to them, but I'm not going to be beholden to them.

People who like my stuff and know what my agenda is have never mistaken me for being racist or poking fun at the wrong thing.

We have a non-traditional family, and if it makes people uncomfortable, it's a shame that they are not more open.

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

If I could tell every Trump supporter two things, it would be to travel and read a history book. Look beyond yourselves; look at how petty the morals you uphold seem when you realize we are not the only ones.

As one old gentleman put it, " Son, I don't care if you're stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you're all right with me. It's the music we make that counts.

The hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority.

Be involved; be informed. Try to be understanding and tolerant and to appreciate diversity.

Grant people a lifetime of forgiveness before you even meet them.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

I have never altered my feelings towards individuals, as men or as women, whether they believe as I do or not. Can you live as neighbors with me? I can with you; and it is no particular concern of mine whether you believe with me or not.

As long as we say: "Alright, it is truth for me, and I believe in it and I am ready to fight for it, but I accept that others have different beliefs - and so let me have a closer look at what they believe" - we can gain from our intercourse thanks to our difference, not despite our difference.

Tolerance means to fix our mind, to fix our words, & our actions on a higher principle.

I don't think I'd ever reject anyone.