Stereotype Quotes · Page 8

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

— Kara Walker

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

— Richa Pallod

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

— John Amos

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

— Ricky Williams

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

— Paul Merton

I don't want to be a stereotype; I want a character that's aspirational.

— Priyanka Chopra

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 put stereotypes on ourselves - like, everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to…

— Donald Glover

“under time pressure, they began to behave just as people do when they are highly aroused. they stopped relying on the actual…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from…

— Eric Liu

I'm totally engaging in cultural stereotyping, no question about it. But I think it's OK because I'm doing it for a reason,…

— Malcolm Gladwell

An understanding is perhaps better than an alliance, which may stereotype arrangements which cannot be regarded as permanent in view of the…

— Anonymous

There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing…

— Danica McKellar

Hill and valley, seas and constellations, are but stereotypes of divine ideas appealing to and answered by the living soul of man.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

As African-Americans, we don't start with a blank slate, while other people may. In our position, there's always some sort of stereotype…

— Xavier Woods

People in general misunderstand me. I'm very aware of the stereotype that comes with being a basketball player. But I'm well-rounded. I'm…

— Chris Bosh

I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind…

— Rupert Grint

There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype:…

— Eric Liu

People think of Jews as the Woody Allen stereotype, the nebbishy kind of thing, but that's not the kind of Jews I…

— Scott Ian

Gay men are accepted in films, music and politics because people came out and broke the mould and stereotype in those industries.…

— Gareth Thomas

I mean, let's face it, it's 2000 and people are beginning to wake up on some level. I think that, as I…

— Gale Harold

I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They…

— Octavia Spencer

Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype…

— Camilla Lackberg

Despite its self-regard, and much like a society of devout followers, the art world relies on consensus as heavily as it depends…

— Sarah Thornton

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. The argument goes that,…

— Jane Rule

“Conversation between a princess and an outlaw: "If I stand for fairy-tale balls and dragon bait--dragon bait--what do you stand for?" "Me?…

— Tom Robbins

I think my philosophy on music is sort of like the difference between religion and spirituality or religion and faith. There's a…

— Haley Bonar

I believe we should try to move away from the vocabulary and attitudes which shape the stereotyping of developed and developing country…

— Mary Robinson

Some people think that Southern hip-hop doesn't have any depth. They think it's just noise, all about people having a good time…

— Jesmyn Ward

We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters…

— Mary Pipher

“It’s a stereotype,” he hissed. “It’s a damn stereotype and it’s harmful. If this catches on, we’ll have all sorts of sorcerers…

— Derek Landy

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 said that one can't stereotype [Donald] Trump voters anymore than they can anybody else.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I do try and stay away from the stereotype and getting typecast.

— Elisha Cuthbert

Stereotypes wouldn't be so bad if black people were nicer, in general.

— Anthony Jeselnik

Every part that I do has to be different from the last part that I did so I don't become a stereotype.

— Julia Garner

There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.

— Ezra Koenig