I know that a large part of my fan base is gay. They’ve shown me love from the start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my dancers are gay. You can’t be homophobic in this line of work – I’m a pop star!

My wife has about everything I can think of.

It’s hard knowing who to trust with your personal life. When you cry in your room at night, you don’t always know who to call. So I am very close to my family.

We are a nation founded as a rebuke to tyranny. A nation of revolutionaries who refused sovereign reign from afar. Hear me – we’re a nation that says give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. A nation built on our differences, guided by the belief that we’re all created equal.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that’s how we’ve got to live.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.

I love Brad in every state.

I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn’t.

Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately.

I spend a lot of time just, you know, with my girlfriend and my dog. And I mean, we don’t have a lot of furniture in our house, so it’s really simple. And we’re trying to build products for everyone in the world, right. And you don’t want to get isolated to do that.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

All things considered, there’s nobody better for children than parents.

I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.

The heart is forever inexperienced.

Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I’m not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that’s why they identify with me.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?… It is necessary to accompany them with mercy.

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.

It’s rare for a startup to make money immediately, so you need to make sure that you have enough saved or that you have another income stream that can support you.

A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.

My son has died of AIDS.

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.

There’s no difference between movies and television. None at all. Except in a lot of cases, television’s much better than movies.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

Women – always in trouble with them, but can’t live without them.

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‚One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.‘ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother.

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

My songs are like my children – I expect them to support me when I’m old.

It’s always going to be a fight for anyone who isn’t an older white man. I want to fight for anyone who doesn’t have a fight.

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.

We will stand up for our friends in the world. And one of the most important friends is the State of Israel. My administration will be steadfast in support Israel against terrorism and violence, and in seeking the peace for which all Israelis pray.

Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.

For me to talk with Obama and the conversation I had with him, I was letting him know that me and my fans have a special connection, and it’s love, and I believe that love is the answer.

I think the perfection of love is that it’s not perfect.

In Hollywood, a lot of times when something is in development, it just takes a lot of time.

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia – to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Preparation for a mission is important. A mission is a voluntary act of service to God and humankind. Missionaries support that privilege with their personal savings. Parents, families, friends, and donors to the General Missionary Fund may also assist.

I don’t have to ‚freedom-kiss‘ my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

You accept that this civilisation could be abolished and life will begin later on after a few thousand years because that is something that has happened in the history of this planet. When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair there is no hope.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die – and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

Honolulu is a melting pot.

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

I don’t want enemies. I want friends, and I want them in all shapes, sizes, and colors, and loving whoever they want to.

All you need is love.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.

I go to cancer wards, and I tell them guys, ‚I’ve beaten it. You can, too.‘

I just think overall there’s not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

There was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools and she was bused to school every day. That little girl was me.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.