Stigma Quotes · Page 5

Words have their own hierarchy, their own protocol, their own artistic titles, their own plebeian stigmas.

— Jose Saramago

While there may have once been a stigma to making money, high-earning women actually have an advantage in the dating-and-marriage market.

— Liza Mundy

I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel…

— Ziggy Marley

There is a stigma attached to community colleges, and we do need to change the narrative.

— Jill Biden

I'm trying to work on my modelling career and remove myself from the whole FHM stigma.

— Reeva Steenkamp

I think there's a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling.

— Vincent Piazza

I had basically the same stigma that Bo Derek did -- being created by a Svengali -- which took me a long…

— Pia Zadora

“We’re all just people making decisions and accepting consequences as we march toward an impending and inevitable death.”

— Agnostic Zetetic

I love ebola jokes. When done in the right way, maybe it gets people to learn about ebola, to learn about the…

— Trevor Noah

When I was younger, there was a sort of stigma attached to my stamina. My dad took me swimming one day and…

— Charlie Bewley

We give each other a wide berth even if we have the flu, let alone... So, I think that's part of the…

— Peter Morgan

“The stigmatization and the excruciating pains of social alienation have compelled most victims to conceal their status while the malevolent ones continue…

— Oche Otorkpa

The stigma, the fact that nobody was talking about AIDS was arguably killing more people than the virus itself. So I did…

— Kenneth Cole

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the…

— K'naan

“Mental illness" is among the most stigmatized of categories.' People are ashamed of being mentally ill. They fear disclosing their condition to…

— Elyn R. Saks

Some people say I'm unique, that there aren't other people with schizophrenia like me. Well, there are people like me out there,…

— Elyn Saks

[Keeping kosher was] the symbol of an initiation, like the insignia of a secret brotherhood, that set her apart and gave her…

— Jessie Sampter

Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not…

— Anonymous

“When we criticize the suicidal for being selfish, we are actually criticizing them for not enduring their pain with grace and good…

— David L. Conroy

Refugees are threatening, not just to Americans, but also in many countries the world over. And it's partially because, unlike immigrants, refugees…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

One of the issues I think is very important, in many communities of color, there's a stigma about mental health. We find…

— Daayiee Abdullah

And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people - it's a shame-based disease. It's…

— Elton John

Every teenager deals in his or her own sexuality and has to face it and figure out how it can coincide with…

— Ezra Miller

Stigma hurts. Because of AIDS, children are bullied, isolated and shut out of school. They are missing out on education. They are…

— Jackie Chan

Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

— Johnny Vegas

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

— William J. Clinton

Despite being commonplace, too many people with mental health problems still face stigma, prejudice and discrimination.

— Luciana Berger

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

— Gail Porter

“The problem is, once people think a certain way about you, it's hard to get it out of their heads.”

— Edward Averett

To be gay and out of shape is almost as much of a stigma as just being gay used to be.

— Bruce Vilanch

There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.

— Anthony Mackie

I think there's a certain stigma that comes with being a white rapper and having a show.

— Mike Stud

There is no doubt that the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will wipe off this stigma [Israel] from the face of…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I do think that there is still this massive stigma around men vocalising that they're suffering from an eating disorder.

— Zara McDermott

I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't…

— Jennifer Ellison

I guess it's a stigma I picked up from the army - I don't like being around a lot of people.

— Jared Cannonier

“Some people suffer in silence, pain in the hearts but smiles on their faces.”

— Isha Barlas

When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma.

— Christine Lahti

A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.

— Zachery Ty Bryan

Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.

— Chevy Chase