Stereotype Quotes · Page 6

I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.

— Ricky Williams

There is an attitude in the media that is dishonestly reinforcing negative stereotypes about Christians.

— David R. Mains

Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering.

— Danica McKellar

One of the cool things about 'Patti Cake$' is that it is about someone that is against stereotype.

— Danielle Macdonald

I guess the underlying principle might be, don't make it too easy for them to stereotype you.

— Bill McKibben

Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.

— Frank Lampard

We need racist stereotypes right now of our enemy in order to encourage our warriors to kill the enemy.

— Michael Savage

It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.

— John Amos

The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype…

— John Cho

People are incapable of stereotyping you; you stereotype yourself because you're the one who accepts roles that put you in this rut…

— Eva Mendes

The thing about stereotyping is it's usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it.

— Criss Jami

Don’t let people’s stereotypes or stigmas or words—don’t let that put you in a box. Don’t let that ruin your day.

— Lil B

...photography repeats itself unconsciously and unavoidably, producing stereotypes that then are repeated ad infinitum.

— Andy Grundberg

In using the style of the erotic/pornographic story, I am interested in dismantling stereotypes of an essential feminine identity, particularly one of…

— Barbara Degenevieve

Have you ever seen the stereotype of the angry yoga teacher? There are some people that are at an 11 and yoga…

— Jen Kirkman

One stereotype I get a lot as an Asian actress is that you're playing the model minority - that Asians are the…

— Jessica Henwick

Blackness also has positive dimensions, those that bear the political meanings of African American people, among other blacks, who have struggled for…

— Michael Eric Dyson

When I was young, my knowledge of the literary world was a distorted tabloid sketch of dazzling fame, suffering genius, and tragic…

— Robin Beth Schaer

I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all…

— Lily Tomlin

It is no longer enough to simply read and write. Students must also become literate in the understanding of visual images. Our…

— Ernest L. Boyer

I think that the kinds of stereotypes that people have about Haitians or about HIV sufferers exist because we don't realize that…

— Kwame Dawes

There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism…

— Jessica Valenti

I've had countless jihadis shut me down straightaway and say, "I'm not allowed to speak to any woman who is not my…

— Rukmini Maria Callimachi

People have all these preconceived notions about magicians, like that they're lonely and bitter or they're socially awkward people. I don't know…

— Justin Willman

In the very early stages of working in sports, I was sick of being referred to as "the Barbie doll" because I…

— Charissa Thompson

You are American, whether you profess Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism, whether you adhere to Islam, or whether you believe in nothing at all.…

— Condoleezza Rice

All the books that were being published by African-American guys were saying 'screw whitey', or some variation of that. Not the scholars…

— Toni Morrison

There's the complex categorization of low warmth/high competence. This is the hostile stereotype of Asian Americans by white America, of Jews in…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Today we hear a great deal about Organizational Men, Mass Culture, Conformity, the Lonely Crowd, the Power Elite and its Conspiracy of…

— Kenneth Rexroth

A huge amount of what feminists are fighting for would have major positive impact for men as well as women. Take the…

— Laura Bates

I don't remember being thought of as good-looking until I became a feminist. It's more of a comment on people's expectations than…

— Gloria Steinem

The systems of stereotypes may be the core of our personal tradition, the defenses of our position in society. They are an…

— Walter Lippmann

I want to break the stereotype that when an actress becomes a mother, she can only do certain type of roles.

— Richa Pallod

Silhouettes are reductions, and racial stereotypes are also reductions of actual human beings.

— Kara Walker

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.

— Javier Bardem

I don't like perpetuating the stereotype of black males being drug dealers, and criminals.

— Wesley Snipes

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - it turned little people into crass stereotypes.

— Jedediah Bila

A stereotype becomes a stereotype when a significant percentage of the population appears to conform to it.

— Kelley Armstrong

There’s nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don’t fit the stereotype yet.

— Haruki Murakami

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.

— Carolina Herrera