Wayne Besen Quotes

The founder of every ex-gay ministry in America has proved to be an extraordinary failure. The two founders of Exodus International, [the world's largest 'ex-gay' organization], divorced their wives to move in together.

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• The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.

  

  C. L. R. James
  • People
  • Great
  • American

• I have an emotional attachment with Katihar.

  

  Tariq Anwar
  • Emotional
  • Attachment

• It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Live
  • Hope
  • Memory

• Beauty is the promise of happiness.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Happiness
  • Beauty
  • Promise

• A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.

  

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
  • Culture
  • Without
  • Mythology

• What I've discovered and try to integrate into my show is when you're up there, and you are loud and more visible, you're setting a tone for how people can behave and how they can feel comfortable behaving.

  

  K. Flay
  • People
  • Up
  • Feel

• Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • Bad
  • Behavior
  • Reward

• Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.

  

  Ralph Nader
  • Business
  • Today
  • Reality

• If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

  

  Patrice Leconte
  • Freedom
  • You
  • Clever

• I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Friends
  • Politics
  • Dialogue

• There has never been any proper commitment to marketing these artists and their music. We are not Sony.

  

  Eddy Grant
  • Music
  • Commitment
  • Marketing

• Eventually, I went to college to study psychology, but I was getting more and more TV roles, so I thought, 'You know? It's kind of like psychology, but a little more selfish.' I took a break from school, moved to L.A., and never went back.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • School
  • College
  • Study

• In post offices throughout the United States, Selective Service posters reading 'A Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do remind men that only they must register for the draft. If the Post Office had a poster saying 'A Jew's Gotta Do What A Jew's Gotta Do...' or if 'A Woman's Gotta Do...' were written across the body of a pregnant woman...

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Reading
  • Service

• I did try to leave, and she came running after me.

  

  David Gest
  • She
  • Running

• I think it's incredibly important for kids to be able to express who they are and feel like they can be themselves without being persecuted for it or bullied for it.

  

  Colin Egglesfield
  • Important
  • Kids

• Throughout the years following World War II and until the formation of the European Economic Community in 1958, I was very active as a national or international rapporteur at many of the international conferences aiming to establish an European community.

  

  Maurice Allais
  • World
  • War
  • Community

• I do feel more towards certain characters who have depth and intelligence.

  

  Allison Scagliotti

• Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

  

  Charles Baudelaire
  • True
  • Reality
  • Earth

• I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

  

  Jack Wagner
  • Myself
  • Sports
  • Independent

• At the time, I was devastated, crushed that it didn't turn out how I wanted. But it was my first major international event, so I learned a lot from it.

  

  Sasha Cohen
  • Event
  • International
  • Major

• Yahoo is a global technology company that provides personalized products and services, including search, advertising, content, and communications in more than 45 languages in 60 countries. As a pioneer of the World Wide Web, we enjoy some of the longest-lasting customer relationships on the Web.

  

  Alex Stamos
  • World
  • Technology
  • Search

• The more success I have with track and field the bigger my brand is. So I would say I'm more of a brand now, trying to build for the future.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Trying
  • Future
  • Success

• The founder of every ex-gay ministry in America has proved to be an extraordinary failure. The two founders of Exodus International, [the world's largest 'ex-gay' organization], divorced their wives to move in together.

  

  Wayne Besen
  • Moving
  • Organization
  • International