The best Quotes by Patricia Polacco

The best Quotes by Patricia Polacco

Patricia Barber Polacco (born July 11, 1944) is an American author and illustrator. Her book Thank You, Mr. Falker is Polacco's retelling of this encounter and its outcome. She also wrote such books as Mr. Lincoln's Way and The Lemonade Club.

I don't care what color the parents are. I don't care if it's a giraffe and a fish living together. If they're raising children who believe they're honored and loved, that's all that's important.

1

Tolerance Parents Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.

Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.

My family always encouraged my drawing ability. Kids in school who teased me about my reading would get out of their seats and stand behind my desk as I worked and go, 'Wow, you can really draw.' Later, I earned a degree in Fine Art and got a Ph.D. in Art History.

I didn't learn to read until I was almost 14 years old. Reading out loud for me was a nightmare because I would mispronounce words or reconstruct things that weren't even there. That's when one of my teachers discovered I had a learning disability called dyslexia. Once I got help, I read very well!

You might like these Quotes aswell

I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that.

22

Tolerance Kindness

You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

Pocahontas in Pocahontas

19

God never made no difference between black, white, blue, pink or green. People is people, y'know. That's the message we try to spread.

16

Why can't they understand the way we feel?
They just don't trust, what they can't explain
I know we're different, but deep inside us
We're not that different at all

15

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Albert Einstein

13

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

12

To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

Fred Rogers

10

Do we have to know who's gay and who's straight? Can't we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?

Ellen DeGeneres

7

Tolerance Homosexuality & LGBTQ+Cars

At this point I have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us - leave us the f*ck alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records.

Kurt Cobain

3

James Royce: "The Christians and the Jews didn't blow up the Capitol or run planes into the Twin Towers. Muslims did."
Emily Rhodes: "No, sir. Extremists did. And persecuting innocent people won't make any of us safer."

Emily Rhodes in Designated Survivor - Season 1 Episode 4

2

Tolerance Islam

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Martin Luther King

2

Tolerance USA Independence Day

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.

Martin Luther King

2

Vision Tolerance Human Rights 1963 Famous Quotes

I respect people of all sexualities; I respect people of all religions, all faiths.

Scott Morrison

1

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.

Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray

10

Children & Childhood Parents

Anything I've done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.

Johnny Depp

7

Parents Birth Father & Daughter

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

5

Children & Childhood Family Parents

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

Roald Dahl in Matilda

3

Children & Childhood Parents

Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence.

William Paul Young in The Shack

3

Upbringing Parents

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

2

Family Parents Mother Birth

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

Henry Ward Beecher

2

Children & Childhood Fathers Parents Mother

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Michael Jordan

1

Parents are but a child's first connection. Even though we don't want to be seperated, there will come the day when you must walk your own path.

Alice of the Hexenzirkel in Genshin Impact

I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to the supporting player in the movie of someone else's.

Craig Ferguson

Being a father is the single greatest feeling on earth. Not including those wonderful years I spent without a child, of course.

Ryan Reynolds

Fathers Parents

The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

Ewan McGregor

The only man who has stolen my heart is my son.

Sandra Bullock

Parents Sons Mother & Son

I am not gay. Although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.

Kurt Cobain

9

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+Homophobia

Gay-marriage - great. I approve that, no problem. But you have to be gay for that!

Joko Winterscheidt in Joko & Klaas - Duell um die Welt, 30. November 2013

3

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

The best sex in the world is gay. You know why? It's obvious: There are no women.

Palermo in Money Heist - Season 3 Episode 5

2

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.

George Michael

2

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

Love is pure and true; love knows no gender.

Tori Spelling

2

Love Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

Turk: "Dude, what's the rule about white boys dancing in public?"
J.D.: "Not allowed unless you're gay..."

Christopher Turk in Scrubs - Season 3 Episode 1

2

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia, you are not scared, you are an a-shole!

Morgan Freeman

1

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+Homophobia

I can't begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self. I've been endlessly inspired by so many in the trans community.

Elliot Page

1

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

I 100% want to represent the LGBT community. I don't want to encourage them to do something they don't want to do. Especially in, like, middle school or high school. Because it’s just super hard.

1

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth.

Ian Mckellen

1

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

Martina Navratilova

1

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

Being gay was a bit like the Olympics: It disappeared in ancient times, and then they brought it back in the twentieth century.

Nick Hornby in A Long Way Down

1

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.

Woody Allen

1

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

Related pages to Patricia Polacco

Quotes about Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

Homosexuality & LGBTQ+

The best Quotes and Sayings