Stereotype Quotes · Page 13

Particularly in television, we can stereotype ourselves. You realize that we all have a lot of voices in our head. We have…

— Eric McCormack

I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women…

— Annie Leibovitz

I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond…

— Laura Osnes

There's so much about the strong black woman stereotype that makes us forget that we do need and deserve help and care.

— Morgan Parker

One of the things that I've always had fun with is the stereotype 'white man can't jump.' It's followed me along my…

— Pat Connaughton

Nine times out of ten, people consider a nice little Jewish boy the kid who grows up and sits behind a desk…

— Bill Goldberg

[One task of intellectuals is] to break down the stereotypes and reductive categories that are . . . limiting to human thought and communication.

— Edward Said

Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things…

— Terry Eagleton

First, you have stereotypes, and that will be the black drug dealer, the east Asian kung fu master, the Middle Eastern terrorist…

— Riz Ahmed

When we use stereotypes, we take in the gender, the age, the color of the skin of the person before us, and…

— John Bargh

There will always be people that will have assumptions about you, about my character, my personality, or that I might put on…

— Tyler Oakley

What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A…

— Chinua Achebe

I'm always excited and enthusiastic to have women join the technical side of the industry. Without making ridiculous stereotypes, which this might…

— Emily Lazar

I've been working a lot with identity and roots, being part of your roots. I went into this topic where I was…

— eL Seed

I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more…

— Jordan Ellenberg

It is the cruelest of all ironies that moderns imagine themselves to be (abstractly understood) "individuals," because in actuality moderns are "types,"…

— Kenny Smith

I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i…

— Christophe Beck

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.

— Tom Clancy

Homophobia is the idiocy in person. It's a harmful and destructive behavior that must be discouraged by all and every peaceful but…

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do…

— Robert Morgan

We men we are so sensitive and we have been placed in a bad role. It's unfair that we're shown without tears,…

— Kim Bodnia

Donald Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. It's a disturbing preview of what…

— Hillary Clinton

The stereotype of aging as a progressive loss of function is generally true only for people who stop functioning.

— Joan Z. Borysenko

It was good because it helped me get where I'm at today, but then people stereotype and say we don't want to…

— Caprice Bourret

“A child in the position of confirming a negative stereotype may respond with especially intense anxiety and reduced motivation, amplifying a negative…

— Laura Beck

People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The…

— Jonathan Vilma

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people…

— David Baldacci

I know that when you do similar kind of films, one after the other, people tend to stereotype and say, 'She is…

— Huma Qureshi

My stress on the truth in sexual stereotypes and on the biologic basis of sex differences is sure to cause controversy.

— Camille Paglia

The names that do the serious damage are the ones we call ourselves. The stereotypes we give ourselves are the ones that…

— Judith Rich Harris

We have to stop this stereotype that for girls it's about being in pink and horse riding. We need to teach kids…

— Susie Wolff

“1. Thou shalt respect Scotland's history but not become a pastiche. Tradition is a dish best served fresh, so instead of perpetuating…

— Gabriella Bennett

We need to confront the life-killing stereotype that says we're all about suffering. We need to bear witness to our pleasures.

— Harriet McBryde Johnson

Public opinion rarely considers the needs of the next generation or the history of the last. It is frequently hampered by myths…

— Theodore C. Sorensen

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.

— Bjork

Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large…

— Judith Butler

Who said that being Latino is to be a stereotype? Characters are stereotypes when making plans or without shades. I do not…

— Edgar Ramirez

People are so quick to demonize and stereotype those on the other side that they often say that it's impossible to work…

— Adam Conover

Stereotypes are convenient. And yet within them, everyone will say there's something that - you know, they don't come for no reason.…

— Debra Granik

Be happy with your stereotype. Asians - that's the stereotype I want. Being the smartest person in the world? You're the smartest,…

— Godfrey