Top 75 Quotes by Jose Antonio Vargas

You have to do what you have to do. I wanted to work. I wanted to prove that I was worthy of being here... and I was gonna do whatever it took to prove that.

Everyone has an opinion when it comes to immigration - strong, intense opinions.

Left-leaning bloggers have had a tremendous impact on the Democratic Party.

I want to be as creatively disruptive as possible. I want to be radically transparent in a way that isn't showboating.

In many ways, I think I've always overcompensated. I was always almost too careful, because I knew if anybody ever found any way to doubt my work, then they'd start picking my life apart, too.

I don't think there's any other issue out there that young people are more passionate, and more ahead in, than global warming.

I have no control whatsoever on how people perceive me from the Right or the Left. All I have control over is who I say I am.

I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone.

As a gay man, I think the role of culture is central to how you change politics - culture is politics.

People don't really assume that I'm Filipino. Of course, they're gonna think, 'Oh, are you some sort of Hispanic?' and you say, 'No, I'm actually not.' I get Korean or Chinese a lot.