"...if you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with Let's Make a Deal." FRAN LEBOWITZ
"What is normal? Before 'The Beverly Hillbillies' people used to think it was weird to eat dinner off a pool table. And now we know better." ELLEN (DeGENERES) MORGAN, "Ellen",1998
"My mother made me a homosexual, and if you give her some yarn she'll make you one too." QUENTIN CRISP
"Let's go out and terrify some Baptists!" EMMA THOMPSON, on coming out during an episode of "Ellen" -November 1997
"I ascertain that I'm homosexual. OK. That's no cause for alarm. How and why are idle questions. A little like my wanting to know why my eyes are green." JEAN GENET
"I have been perfectly happy the way I am. If my mother was responsible for it, I am grateful." CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
"There is no need for parents to fear homosexual teachers. Ninety-seven percent of child seduction is heterosexual."
DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK
"It's just a phase you're going through. Last year it was miniature golf." KAYE BALLARD, IN THE RITZ
"One should never lose hope. Homosexuality can strike any straight man at any age." ROGER PEYREFITTE (FRENCH NOVELIST)
"What happened to you? You used to be normal." "I grew out of it." KENNETH MCMILLAN AND AIDAN QUINN, IN RECKLESS
"Two men, one cart, fresh pasta--think about it." SUZANNNE, FROM DESIGNING WOMEN
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." OSCAR WILDE
"You could move." ABIGAIL VAN BUREN ("DEAR ABBY"), RESPONDING TO A READER WHO, AFTER RANTING ABOUT A GAY COUPLE'S MOVING IN ACROSS THE STREET, ASKED, "HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE...NEIGHBORHOOD?"