it takes all sorts

Idioms  

1. Many different kinds of people make up the world. For example, I would never go swimming in April, but it takes all sorts, or Gordon insists on wearing sunglasses indoors and out—I guess it takes all sorts. This expression, originating in the 1600s as It takes all sorts to make a world, is often used in remarking one's own difference from others or tolerating someone else's peculiarity. Also see no accounting for tastes.

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Example Sentences

The average major league career lasts roughly four years, and Tony Clark, the executive director of the players’ union, said it takes all sorts of adjustments to hang around that long and more — from learning to hit breaking balls to fine-tuning training habits for a six-month regular season.

From New York Times

Setting educational policy should follow the old adage, “It takes all sorts of people to make a world.”

From Washington Times

It takes all sorts to make a silk purse but birds of a feather flock in your cap.

From The New Yorker

“It’s DIY taken to the extreme - it takes all sorts of forms.”

From Washington Times

Analogizing to humans: “‘It takes all sorts’ — does that mean nice and brutal, poor and rich, victims and torturers?”

From Salon