Don Lemon Quotes

I don't consider myself a celebrity. I'm just a journalist.

African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.

Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first.

It doesn't matter if gun violence is down. We need to get guns and bullets and automatic weapons off the streets.

Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork me.

Whatever happens with my career, I'm going to prosper no matter what.

I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard.

Governing means governing all of the people, no matter what demographic it is, whether it'd be black, white, women, straight, gay, Republican.

Being gay doesn't take your brain away or exclude me from having the same attributes as anyone else.

When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.

I like all kinds of music. I hope you do, too.

You go to Brooklyn, everybody's got a beard and plaid shirt. They may be able to tell each other apart, but they all look alike to me.

It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented.

I don't know if I would have the same take on world matters and social issues if I were not gay.

I'm not concerned with what people think of me.

More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock. That means absent fathers.

I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge.

The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end.

You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you didn't want to do it,

I don't watch the media that much.

Paula Deen is a human being. She deserves forgiveness and a chance at redemption as much as anyone else. America is about redemption.

I love old school rock and roll.

I believe in diversity in front of and behind the camera.

We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner.

I am a big devourer of James Baldwin.

I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth.

I was born gay, just as I was born black.

Can the president really blame Fox News for his problems?

I'm a citizen of the world.

When someone is in our tribe, I think it's particularly easier for us to tell them apart, because we're used to their facial features.

The best way not to encounter America's health care system is not to have to encounter it.

My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me.

I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted.

Some people are saying, 'Justin Bieber is racist.' Is he? I don't know.

Learn to love being black.

You Weigh How Much You Should Criticize The President Because Hes Black

If I had had someone like me who had chosen to live their lives out and proud, there would be no need for the Tyler Clementis of the world.

You don't have true freedom until you allow a diversity of opinion and a diversity of voices.

I think it would be great if everybody could be out. But it's such a personal choice. People have to do it at their own speed. I respect that.

I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can?

There's a degree of deception in silence.