I have the solution to the “problem” of gays in the military: Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture, or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly, we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons. – Robert Patrick, Los Angeles, California, letter to the editor, The Advocate, 199

To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying “Amen” to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to keep your soul alive. – Robert Louis Stevenson

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens. – Bert Randolph Sugar (1937–2012)

Lesbianism has always seemed to me an extremely inventive response to a shortage of men, but otherwise not worth the trouble. – Nora Ephron, Heartburn, 1983