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

Of course, it takes all sorts and generally Southend welcomes all sorts.

From BBC • May 18, 2016

As the British say, it takes all sorts to make a world.

From Economist • May 15, 2012

What might a young scientist make of these two styles, apart from the observation that it takes all sorts?

From Nature • Aug. 31, 2011

One may venture the not profound remark that it takes all sorts of books to make a literature.

From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)

Having yet to learn the important truth that it takes all sorts to make a world, he did not like her and wondered why she existed.

From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold