Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style. – Tyler Cowen
Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves. – Tariq Ramadan
I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an open-minded love of diversity. – Suzanne Brockmann
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department. – Thomas Sowell
Being exposed to the diversity of music I was as a kid made me the actor I am today. As an actor, you have to adapt and do so many different things. – Will Chase
To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe’s intricate diversity – and its lost creativity. – Timothy Garton Ash
The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity. – U Thant
I grew up in California, and when I read that Proposition 8 was on the ballot, I was disappointed because it seemed to be inconsistent with the spirit of the state, with the independence and diversity of the frontier that California has always been. – Ted Olson
Employers have recognized for some time that it’s smart business to have a diverse workforce – one in which many views are represented and everyone’s talents are valued. Well, disability is part of diversity. – Thomas Perez
The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don’t think that we use that. We don’t talk about our strengths. I mean, having so many diverse people in this country from all aspects of all over the world, and we don’t use that. I think we should talk about who we are – that melting pot that we’ve become. – Steve Stoute
The Internet exposes a diversity of opinion, experience, and taste we’d been led to believe didn’t exist. If you were unusual in 1950 or 1980 – and everyone is unusual in one way or another – you were an isolated anomaly. Now you’re a Web ring, a Yahoo category. – Virginia Postrel
Al Jazeera is a representation of, you know, diversity in the Arab world. In our newsroom, we have every single nationality, we have every single, you know, ideology, we have every single background. However, when it comes to the screen, we have one code of ethics and one code of conduct. – Wadah Khanfar
Keep in mind that diversity does not just mean black. It means all of it – age, weight, gender. – Tracee Ellis Ross
I can see that ‘Switched at Birth’ is attracting audiences because of the diversity and the American Sign Language as well. American Sign Language is such a beautiful language, and people want more of that. – Sean Berdy
This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality. – Tariq Ramadan
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus. – Vernon Jordan
We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country. – Virgil Goode
Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days. – William Tyndale
Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity. – William Hague
One of the great ambitions is to discover the diversity of the world, to discover who inhabits the world. – Theodore Zeldin
I think it’s not up to Congress to dictate what the right amount of diversity is, but I think it’s Congress’ place to ask the question, to any industry, in talking about what’s going on out there. Is there a lack of preparation of the community to be ready to be involved in that industry? – Tony Cardenas