I never feel confined by gender, by labels, by…

We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are…

— Emma Watson

With Alkaline Trio, we are who we are. We never really feel too confined, but when we get together, there is an Alkaline Trio…

— Matt Skiba

I get kind of, um, bored by all the sexuality and gender labels because I feel like that's where the problem comes in, when…

— Tig Notaro

“Are you bisexual" "Labels were invented for people like you who can't grasp a reality outside of a defined gender role. I like what…

— Colleen Hoover

Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes - for example, the idea of guarding the modesty of…

— Rohini Nilekani

“In reaction against the age-old slogan, "woman is the weaker vessel," or the still more offensive, "woman is a divine creature," we have, I…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“The only measure of judging a human being is through that person’s character, because character is not determined by race, religion, gender or social…

— Abhijit Naskar

Despite the gender stereotypes in the '80s, my race-car-driving dad taught me that I could do whatever my brother could.

— Amanda de Cadenet

“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under…

— Charlotte Brontë

I went to Eton, that's a slightly controversial issue, but it's an interesting subject to try and come across as likable and self-aware and…

— Ivo Graham

Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.

— James Iha

“I do not know where Viktor and Rudolf were taken. I cannot find the records. I never Elisabeth or Iggie. It is possible that…

— Edmund de Waal

When women are provided with training and entrepreneurial opportunities in distribution networks, they become role models in their communities, showing it is possible to…

— Paul Polman

“Valéry used to speak of those people who die in an accident because they are unwilling to let go of their umbrellas; how many…

— Roland Barthes