Quotable Quotes

Past quotes from our blog:

In Germany they came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
~Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.~Lucille Ball

You could move. ~Abigail Van Buren, "Dear Abby," in response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.

Lots of different thought, lots of different ideas, lots of different people, lots of different lives, but yet the one thing we have in common is that we all want friends that will just let us be ourselves and not be scared.
~Anonymous

The easiest thing in the world to be is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.
~Leo Buscaglia

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ~Harvey Fierstein

Promise me you’ll always remember:
You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~Christopher Robin