Brendon Ayanbadejo quotes

“I think, at the end of the day, the most special thing is when a mother or a gay person comes up to you and just thanks you and calls you a hero. They say I'm a hero, but I'm just a concerned citizen and I'm just doing the right thing.”
-- Brendon Ayanbadejo

#Thank You Quotes #Mother Quotes #Hero Quotes

“If Britney Spears can party it up in Vegas with one of her boys and go get married on a whim and annul her marriage the next day, why can't a loving same sex couple tie the knot?”
-- Brendon Ayanbadejo

Source : "Same Sex Marriages: What’s the Big Deal?". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2009.

#Sex Quotes #Couple Quotes #Party Quotes

“I take a lot of pride in being Nigerian”
-- Brendon Ayanbadejo

Source : "The real McAvoy". Interview with Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.

#Pride Quotes

“Kids really need love from two parents. It doesn't matter if it's a mom and a mom, or a dad and a dad.”
-- Brendon Ayanbadejo

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com

#Mom Quotes #Dad Quotes #Kids Quotes

“Kids need love and kids are not getting enough love in America because kids haven't been going the right way. We need to protect families by allowing same-sex couples to get married and also we need to protect religious freedoms because, in this country we allow people to practice religion or not practice religion.”
-- Brendon Ayanbadejo

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com

#Country Quotes #Religious Quotes #Sex Quotes

“That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.”

“People who give will never be poor.”

Source : Anne Frank (2012). “Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex”, p.69, Halban Publishers

“Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always.”

“Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in the bed of dust; Bear the fruit that bear you must; Bring the eternal seed to light, And morn is all the same as night.”

“Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.”

Source : She-Shanties (1926) "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight"

“I feel betrayed by own mother.”

“I wanted to live. For the father and brother who I never knew and for my mother who was cheated of a life of happiness. I wanted to live for them. And I wanted to live for me.”

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”

“There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for falsehood.”

Source : Aaron Hill (1760). “The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq”, p.15

“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”