American politics Quote by Kirby Dick

The closet exists because people don't talk about it, so that people going into political careers make a calculation early on. They say to…

— Kirby Dick

Conservatives, come out of the closet

— Jon Bruning

The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians.

— Kirby Dick

Everyone knows if a Republican comes out of the closet and sees a gay shadow, it means six more years of a Democratic administration.

— Jon Stewart

“ The closet implies a literal, physical boundary dividing one’s life before publicly declaring queerness, and after. It’s a threshold impossible to recross, two…

— Grace Perry

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are…

— Judith Light

I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads to big fat gay ulcers.…

— Ben Daniels

“The closet does have a benefit. It provides safety. Which at times is important. But remember, as long as you are in there, two…

— Anthony Venn-Brown

I think the gay community, as a whole, is slighted by high-profile figures who remain in the closet. But I think that a lot…

— Christopher Rice

You can't speak freely and openly on the most important issue of the day because you're fearful that your closet is going to come…

— Andrew Breitbart

I miss the closet. Homosexuals, not to speak of the rest of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them to hide…

— Ron Paul

It's good to get out of the closet and talk about it and find out other people's views.

— Heather Matarazzo