--- title: "18 Stonewall Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 18 Stonewall quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Stonewall sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/sean-maher-30489_any_i-didn-t-know-of-any-homophile-movements_1423115.png" --- > [I didn't know of any homophile movements pre-Stonewall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-maher/i-didn-t-know-of-any-homophile-movements-pre-stonewall/) [Sean Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/sean-maher-30489_any_i-didn-t-know-of-any-homophile-movements_1423115.png) > [You say you want to talk, But you don't . You stonewall me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/you-say-you-want-to-talk-but-you-don-t-you-stonewall-me/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/zadie-smith-584_talk_you-say-you-want-to-talk-but-you-don-t-y_1085343.png) > [I didnt know of any homophile movements pre-Stonewall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-maher/i-didnt-know-of-any-homophile-movements-pre-stonewall/) [Sean Maher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-maher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/sean-maher-30489_homosexuality_i-didnt-know-of-any-homophile-movements_81715.png) > [I'm still stuck in the Stonewall in 1968. I never left the Stonewall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-m-still-stuck-in-the-stonewall-in-1968-i-never-left-the-stonewall/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/marsha-p-johnson-21798_left_i-m-still-stuck-in-the-stonewall-in-1968_92237.jpg) > [Save the stonewall to build the levees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-doggett/save-the-stonewall-to-build-the-levees/) [Lloyd Doggett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-doggett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/lloyd-doggett-66728_levees_save-the-stonewall-to-build-the-levees-3_321450.png) > [“I guess not everyone gets their Stonewall.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-ross/i-guess-not-everyone-gets-their-stonewall/) [Rodney Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/rodney-ross-21132_gets_i-guess-not-everyone-gets-their-stonewal_2893399.jpg) > [“Let your words be as few as will express the sense you wish to convey and above all let what you say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-rumsfeld/let-your-words-be-as-few-as-will-express-the-sense-you-wish-to-convey/) [Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-rumsfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/donald-rumsfeld-1507_words_let-your-words-be-as-few-as-will-express_289015.png) > [“The Stonewall riot may have been the start of a civil rights movement, but it was not the beginning of our history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cardamone/the-stonewall-riot-may-have-been-the-start-of-a-civil-rights-movement/) [Tom Cardamone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cardamone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/tom-cardamone-36739_civil-rights_the-stonewall-riot-may-have-been-the-sta_2689249.jpg) > [Our heart is like a stonewall its stands up strong but over time it crumbles away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-heart-is-like-a-stonewall-its-stands-up-strong-but-over-time-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/anonymous-1_time_our-heart-is-like-a-stonewall-its-stands_3207294.jpg) > [The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-white/the-stonewall-riots-were-a-key-moment-for-gay-people-throughout/) [Edmund White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/edmund-white-2376_allowed_the-stonewall-riots-were-a-key-moment-fo_1121815.png) > [I think I first learned about Stonewall in Queer Theatre class at the University of Pittsburgh. It made me mad that queer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaska/i-think-i-first-learned-about-stonewall-in-queer-theatre-class-at-the/) [Alaska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f4/alaska-5608_people_i-think-i-first-learned-about-stonewall_1448300.jpg) > [Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-mercer/gays-have-become-colossal-bores-once-interesting-and-iconoclastic-all/) [Ilana Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/ilana-mercer-6995_activism_gays-have-become-colossal-bores-once-int_2412517.jpg) > [We have to fight for what's right the same way the brothers and sisters that came before us did. The ultimate example,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-visage/we-have-to-fight-for-what-s-right-the-same-way-the-brothers-and/) [Michelle Visage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-visage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/michelle-visage-4319_brothers-and-sisters_we-have-to-fight-for-what-s-right-the-sa_183804.jpg) > [The Stonewall uprising was a day when brave individuals took to the streets to fight back against harassment and hate, and by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharice-davids/the-stonewall-uprising-was-a-day-when-brave-individuals-took-to-the/) [Sharice Davids](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharice-davids/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/sharice-davids-5888_brave_the-stonewall-uprising-was-a-day-when-br_64043.jpg) > [I got lost in the music in 1963 at Stonewall... No! No, it was Stonewall - it was 1967 that I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marsha-p-johnson/i-got-lost-in-the-music-in-1963-at-stonewall-no-no-it-was-stonewall/) [Marsha P. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marsha-p-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/marsha-p-johnson-21798_dear_i-got-lost-in-the-music-in-1963-at-stone_1215877.jpg) > [There were interesting ways that queerness could hide out and get played out pre-Stonewall. It is part of a vast history that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-haynes/there-were-interesting-ways-that-queerness-could-hide-out-and-get/) [Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-haynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/todd-haynes-2626_attitude_there-were-interesting-ways-that-queerne_250278.jpg) > [It's not often that you get to read something that just feels very original for a star but also something that feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-irvine/it-s-not-often-that-you-get-to-read-something-that-just-feels-very/) [Jeremy Irvine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-irvine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/214/jeremy-irvine-13173_bits_it-s-not-often-that-you-get-to-read-some_938266.jpg) > [While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/while-we-have-come-a-long-way-since-the-stonewall-riots-in-1969-we/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/barack-obama-17_citizens_while-we-have-come-a-long-way-since-the_198779.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stonewall/#itemlist", "name": "Stonewall Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't know of any homophile movements pre-Stonewall.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sean Maher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-maher/i-didn-t-know-of-any-homophile-movements-pre-stonewall/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/sean-maher-30489_any_i-didn-t-know-of-any-homophile-movements_1423115.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/sean-maher-30489_any_i-didn-t-know-of-any-homophile-movements_1423115.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/sean-maher-30489_any_i-didn-t-know-of-any-homophile-movements_1423115.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn't know of any homophile movements pre-Stonewall.” — Sean Maher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You say you want to talk, But you don't . 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