Sexuality Quotations

Sexuality surrounds us like a dangerous aura. The same reverence that is given to the spirit is not given to the flesh. We have had a sexual revolution, but the sexual revolution only has made sex more pervasive. It hasn't granted the level of reverence and respect that it should have.

Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions.

The only unnatural sex act is that which you cannot perform.

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

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?

With dancing, so much is about sexuality and sensuality and without life experience it becomes much more of a performance, rather than a living, breathing entity from the soul.

I don't think anyone's sexuality needs to be a public issue other than to give others the confidence to love themselves wholeheartedly and to be their true, authentic self without any shame.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice

I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality.

In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life.

I had a very good sexual education. My mother was very advanced in that regard. She conveyed to me the sense of reverence and wonder about my body and the powers of my sexuality not only to give life, but also to be a whole person and to enjoy pleasure. It was put to me as an almost holy act.

In terms of sexual orientation I don't really feel I've changed. I don't feel there was a hidden part of my sexuality that I wasn't aware of. I'd been with men all my life, and I'd never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn't seem so strange.

I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.

Sexuality and sensuality are completely different things. Sensuality is something that you're born with. But sexuality is something I leave for my own mirror.

I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another.

I'm never going to be cast as a 'Bond' girl. I mean, I could do it and I would love it. But I don't ooze sexuality.

We shouldn't feel restricted by our sexuality, and our sexuality doesn't have to be a cultural choice. That's an amazing variety of music within those five main performers.

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not.

My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about. There's a lot of prejudice toward us but the more people talk about it, the less of a big deal it will be. And that will be better for everyone.

There are so many aspects of human sexuality that we're afraid to talk about, because people still don't understand it. It's not just black and white, you know?

I don't need my sexuality celebrated, and I certainly don't need it to be criticized. I didn't necessarily want it to be observed, but here we are.

Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.

Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court.

I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.

I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner.

I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.

Given that sexual orientation is innate and that we are all, in theological terms, children of God, to deny access to some sacraments based on sexuality is as wrong as denying access to some sacraments based on race or gender.

Although the detail of our sexual energies and their objects and objectives vastly vary, the existence of our sexuality itself is an undeniable truth.

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.

I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well.

I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female.

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.

Sexuality shouldn't define anyone. It doesn't define me. Love should be at the core of what you do.

I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means staying connected to that part of me.

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

I think anything that has to do with sexuality makes people very interested.

That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.

I think that sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous.

I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.

You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income.

You either believe marriage and human sexuality are sacred, or you do not.

I don't encourage people to choose any sort of sexuality.

Pregnancy demonstrates the deterministic character of woman's sexuality.

Far from poisoning the mind, pornography shows the deepest truth about sexuality, stripped of romantic veneer.

[W]omen will never be taken seriously until they accept full responsibility for their sexuality.

I think that women find their strength and power in their sexuality, in their sensuality within, [through] getting older and being secure within that.

Sexuality is the lyricism of the masses.

Celibacy is exhausting.

Oh, you mean I'm a homosexual! Of course I am, and heterosexual too, but what's that got to do with my headache?

This is just one little part of who I am, and I'm not gonna let my sexuality define or confine me. It's part of me, it's not all of me.

If you know anyone struggling with his or her sexuality, the best thing you can do is be there for them, respect the process and treat them the same as you always would. It helps so much to know you're not alone.

Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that's it. We're all people. We're all equal.

Love between women is seen as a paradigm of love between equals, and that is perhaps its greatest attraction.

I believe the transsexual urge, at least as I have experienced it, to be far more than a social compulsion, but biological, imaginative, and essentially spiritual, too.

I think that I'm allowing girls to be really free with their sexuality.

Witch-hunts are always spooked by women's horrifying sexuality awakened by the superstud Devil.

A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.

Love doesn't need to be cured. We have the capacity to live in a relationship in love. Sexuality is a gift from God, whether it is heterosexual or homosexual.

Sexuality is who you are personally attracted to... But gender identity is who you are in your soul.

Sexuality is like any other activity. There are people for whom skydiving, chocolate cake and soccer are their world. But some people don't like skydiving, chocolate cake or soccer. There's no reason to focus your energy and attention on something you feel no reason to do anything about.

Maybe I am more about sensuality than sexuality now, maybe not quite so in your face, ... I also think that eyewear right now, and in other product categories, is in a moment where people want some authenticity, they want value, they don't want to feel it is quite so transient and trendy and empty, as a lot of the things that all of us in the fashion industry were doing in the late nineties.

Rev. Moon still has a major influence on the University of Bridgeport and his understanding of human sexuality is extremely limited.

I think what you're seeing with this new generation of teenagers who are coming out is that they really don't want to be labeled. They don't want their sexuality to define who they are. They want to be just like everybody else you know, be free to be who they are.

I wear crop tops and stuff, but I genuinely like that style, so it's just has to be genuine. Once you start getting to that world where you're using sexuality to try to propel something, you're losing the moment. You've lost; people are not focusing on that anymore.

It is a sad testament of the absurdity of the ratings code and the completely illogical moral criteria that provide the underpinning for it, where any form of violence is perfectly acceptable for kids but sexuality continues to be the ultimate taboo,

Pillow Girl. It's a statement on sexuality and femininity, the oppression of women. It lets you read so many things into it.

It is essential that we establish yet again in this country that sexuality is no bar to public office of any kind.

We need not to focus on specific homosexuality, but we need to focus on the integration of our own human sexuality and the ability to live a deeply committed virginal life that is fully and wholly sexual,

The ascetism of early Christianity, which turned its back on the world of the flesh, had degrenerated, in some quarters of the Church, into hatred of those who those who brought that flesh into being. Misogyny, the hatred of women, had become a strong element in medieval Christianity. Women who menstruate, and give birth, were identified with sexuality and therefore with evil. "All witchcraft stems from carnal lust, which is in women insatiable," stated the Malleus Maleficarum.

We don't have open and honest discussions about the sexuality in our communities, and what we get out of that is people being unable to claim the truth of their lives.

The suppressed lesbian I had been carrying in me since adolescence began to stretch her limbs ...

I'm proud of my sexuality.

Sexuality is not a leisure or part-time activity. It is a way of being.

My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow;

Maybe our gender is one thing and our sexuality is another. And that's a cool thing I think.

Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs.

We come from a somewhat puritanical and chauvinistic point-of-view, so that when we're asked questions about women being empowered by sexuality, we often confuse it with women who are victimized by it.

A woman / who loves a woman / is forever young.

Sex is something you do. Sexuality is something you are.

[On homosexuality:] I'm more inclined [now] to say live and let live.

I don't hate homosexuals. I love homosexuals. It's the sin of homosexuality I hate.

Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong.

Sexuality and where it is going is an extraordinary question, for I don't see it going anywhere. It is with me, and that's it.

I got to work with Jared Leto. Jared's cute. Oh, I'll tell you. Jared will make you doubt about your sexuality.

There's not a lot of people expressing anger in the culture. They're expressing a lot of hyper-exaggerated sexuality.

The real question is the tension between everyone's specific sexuality and the desire to belong, to fit in, to feel like a part of the group.

When I started really writing fantasy, one of the things I noticed was a real absence of sexuality in the genre at all. And it's such a profound part of the human experience that it's a really big thing to leave out.

Between the time I was 16 until I was about 20, the books I read were by people like Thomas Mann, James Baldwin, Thom Gunn, Elizabeth Bishop. All gay, of course, although I swear I didn't know that at the time. Yet all of them, it turned out, had had a parent who died during their childhood. Sexuality is nothing compared to that.

There wouldn't be any rhythmic music if not for sexuality. Sensuality and sexuality is at once complex and simple. It shouldn't be cheapened by a girlie show.

The Thai military is only among the latest who are far ahead of the United States in recognizing that sexuality and gender identity have zero impact in having someone doing their job. The United States should follow Thailand's example. It's a matter of national security.

A few years ago you couldn't find a star who wasn't baring her navel. One thing that's so interesting (about the trend) is how beauty and sexuality can be conveyed through a lot of clothes as opposed to few clothes. That's something women can learn from.

South Dakota should focus its efforts on ensuring that women have access to the full range of reproductive health services, including contraception and medically accurate sexuality education, instead of banning abortion. We would do well to focus our efforts on prevention instead of passing laws that not only threaten women's health and lives but are also blatantly unconstitutional.

Action films have been very testosterone-driven, not that that's a bad thing. But there is an interesting sexuality that I don't think has been that well explored in that action world, which is something women could bring to that genre.