Top 106 Quotes & Sayings by Anita Bryant

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Last updated on December 23, 2024.

Anita Jane Bryant is an American singer who later became famous for her anti-gay activism. She scored four "Top 40" hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses" which reached No. 5 on the charts. She is also the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and was a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.

American - Singer | Born: March 25, 1940

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As for gays, the church needs to be more loving, unconditionally, and willing to see these people as human beings, to minister to them and try to understand.

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I believe that it's easier for the woman to submit. That's biblical... God has equipped men to take on much more responsibility.

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I dont feel qualified or that I really have time to be involved with the Southern Baptist Convention.

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It is sad when a particular group of people, no matter what they are, are able to... thrust their way of life on a society.

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That's why my relationship to the Lord is so important. He doesn't leave you hanging. He lets you know. He gives you answers. Solid answers.

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There are no human rights to corrupt our children.

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History will probably, because of the almost total abomination of the entertainment industry and the media, picture me as some kind of witch who was out for her own personal gain and crusading to do away with the homosexuals.

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I don't know what I'd do without my little black notebook.

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I was drawn close to God at the birth of my twins, Barbara and Billy. You know, they were born prematurely and some thought they wouldn't live, but God had other plans.

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I get a tremendous thrill out of speaking about Jesus and what He has done for me.

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Some pastors are so hard-nosed about submission and insensitive to their wives' needs that they don't recognize the frustration even hatred within their own households.

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Homosexuality is an abomination to the Lord.

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I believe the right to differ in this country is being taken away.

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If you were raised in Oklahoma, you've got to be a Southern Baptist or something.

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If we don't get back to the word of God in this nation, I feel He will judge America just as he did Sodom and Gomorrah. I have a burden on this and I have a great concern to help awaken the American people to what's going on.

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My faith has helped me face adversity. Adversity makes you stronger.

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I had to have security like the President of the United States.

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I myself have always lived with homosexuals, always had a policy of live and let live.

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I don't think there's anyplace in the nation quite like Branson.

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I've had offers for Broadway and Hollywood musicals, but I do not want to take just any musical. I want the musical that's right for me when I'm right for it.

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I'd like to live a normal life. I'd like to be able to go out and play some tennis. I'd like to be able to water ski - do a lot of things.

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Twice a year we film the orange juice commercials and at home in our daily life I try to involve the children as much as possible even in preparing meals.

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You can take God's viewpoint and call sin sin and still love the sinner.

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It's a long struggle when you're starting over.

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While continuing to speak out and work against those laws that sanction homosexuality, we also shall continue to seek help and change for homosexuals themselves, whose sad and sick values belie the word 'gay' which they pathetically use to cover their unhappy lives.

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Look, I don't hate homosexuals. I've always said that I love the sinner but I hate the sin.

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When God calls you to do something, and when it's put upon you in such a way that you're boxed in, it has to be.

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I was incorporated four times.

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Homosexuals cannot reproduce, so they must recruit.

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The Lord Jesus is my Vitamin C.

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Nobody ever sold more Florida orange juice than I did.

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I read constantly, but I don't read non-religious stuff. I don't have the time.

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I do not want to deny anyone their livelihood or civil rights. Who wants to discriminate against anybody... But when it comes to homosexuality, I believe the laws of our land should be in line with God's laws.

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I don't want America to be judged as God judged Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Sexual preference has nothing to do with civil rights.

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People hated me because I spoke the truth.

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I guess when there's a real void in your life and your marriage has become rotten, you fantasize a lot of things.

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I never had hate for anyone. I helped start ministries in Florida for gay people who wanted a way out.

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I didn't quite agree with the Supreme Court ruling that forced civic clubs to take women.

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At one time, no one would touch me with a 10-foot pole.

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I believe in the right to differ in this country.

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In this business I meet so many people. They are all trying to be healthy, but without an inner source they fail. They are not happy with themselves.

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I'm not running for political office.

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In fact, it was my singing that helped me place so high in the Miss America contest. If it just depended on beauty and figure, I wouldn't have done so well.

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Let us continue to reach out in godly love to all homosexuals who want deliverance, while opposing at the threshold every attempt of the militant homosexuals to represent their lifestyle as 'normal,' and to impose it on us and our children.

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I don't hate homosexuals. I love them enough to tell them the truth: that God puts them in the category with other sinners.

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I fear for America, and I fear for our children.

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I believe in civil rights, but not in special privilege laws to allow flaunting homosexuals to become role models for children.

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Every time my children see the police come in and sweep our home and yard looking for bombs, it disturbs them.

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When you get to the age of accountability you have to reaffirm your faith.

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I don't think of myself as a preacher.

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I'm not a perfect person. I'm. human like everyone else.

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I can't put judgment on any individual, only God can.

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I was naive and ignorant. I'll never be like that again. But I can't go back. I've come out. I can't stick my head in the sand ever again.

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I just want to share my faith.

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When God comes into your life, He lights a candle in your soul.

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Fundamentalists have their heads in the sand.

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Oklahoma's the Bible Belt.

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I've held a lot of pity parties for myself. There was a time when I never wanted to face the public again. I never wanted to face the press again. But God gave me healing gifts.

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I have made a lot of money during my career in show business and now I have the financial security to expand my deep interest in relating the gospel of Jesus Christ wherever I can.

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Top 106 Quotes & Sayings by Anita Bryant

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