Harvey Milk

The fact that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!

All men are created equal. No matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.

It takes no compromise to give people their rights … it takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give them freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.

All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the do’er, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it’s better than no inspiration at all.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

Vision remains vision until you focus, do the work, and bring it down to earth where it will do some good.

There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

Rise early, work hard, strike oil.

Moving from survival to stability, from stability to success, from success to significance.

I’ve seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage – leverage being borrowed money. You really don’t need leverage in this world much. If you’re smart, you’re going to make a lot of money without borrowing.

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

I’d rather welcome change than cling to the past.