Quotes from Anita Bryant

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Nobody ever sold more Florida orange juice than I did.

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.

I think there is something special about living in a small town. Everyone knows your business and there is an intimacy you don't get in a large town.

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

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

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

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.

People hated me because I spoke the truth.

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.

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.

People that come to the fair have a certain freedom you don't find in the nightclubs. They come to have a good time.

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.

The family in this country is being torn apart. With each member doing his own thing, doing it if it feels good and whatever, the family has gradually deteriorated. And the family is the basic unit of this nation. When the family is gone, so will be the country.

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

I don't have a cause - I am being obedient to God.

I think the opportunites are unlimited. It just depends on how hard I have to work.

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.