Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?

Quote by Ernest Gaines

Topics: Gay Pride Quotes

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who...

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who...

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who...

There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who...

Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under...

Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under...

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding...

Culture sets apart man from barbarian, but not in all regards.

Culture sets apart man from barbarian, but not in all regards.

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

In classical music, love is based on bitin' -- imitation. It's not based on interpretation....

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought,...

Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don't.

Culture is roughly anything we do and the monkeys don't.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of deeds,...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

The crisis in black America is threefold...economic...political...and spiritual.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...

Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of...

Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price

Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price