There is a ceiling to it and there's a stigma. Billy Crystal as brilliant as he is, he's never going to be… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
I think there's a notion in our society, and it may be valid, that people aren't as funny when they get older.… — Phil Hartman Copy Share Image
The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“The more there is about the individual that deviates in an undesirable direction from what might have been expected to be true… — Erving Goffman Copy Share Image
“Nick shook his head. “It amazes me that there’s still such a huge stigma about mental illness here.” “ ‘Stigma’ implies that something… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Say you're a sex worker and your partner knows you're a sex worker, but you're not out to your family. That could… — Melissa Gira Grant Copy Share Image
The housewife is an unpaid worker in her husband's house in return for the security of being a permanent employee: hers is… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“It's easy to dismiss girls who work on the streets as deadbeats or drug addicts without ever thinking about why they're working… — Sophie Hayes Copy Share Image
Raw and delicate, poignant and poetic, Shelby Smoak’s Bleeder exposes the sorrow and sometimes sweetness of coming to age with HIV. In… — Jenny Boully Copy Share Image
I felt that if people understood the struggle of recovery, then some of the stigma of addiction might be reduced because the… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I was so lucky. I had a dad and a mom that loved me and my sisters so much. My Uncle Mike… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Epilepsy is a disease in the shadows. Patients are often reluctant to admit their condition - even to close family, friends or… — Lynda Resnick Copy Share Image
But there was something psychological happening there that was just a little bit different. And the other thing was, there was no… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
It can be difficult for people to talk about it, because there still is that stigma around mental illness. But I would… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I don't like the stigma that comes with being called a poet . . . So I call what I'm doing an… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and… — Nell Carter Copy Share Image
There are many plant medicines that are available to us that have a lot of stigma around them that I hope, in… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“The report, “The Impact of Mental Illness Stigma on Seeking and Participating in Mental Health Care,” and the accompanying commentary, “Creating and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
I think young people are recognizing the power of institutions, and we have to really dismantle a lot of the stigma and… — Cecile Richards Copy Share Image
Not only is it not remarkable to be a single woman, there's no stigma attached. You see more and more women choosing… — Pepper Schwartz Copy Share Image
This stigma associated with drug use--the belief that bad kids use, good kids don't, and those with full-blown addiction are weak, dissolute,… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
“When you start replacing facts with feelings, you disturb the equilibrium between right and wrong, confusing them as one and the same… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
The term stigma and its synonyms conceal a double perspective: does the stigmatized individual assume his differentness is known about already or… — Erving Goffman Copy Share Image
The most dangerous thing is a bored teenager. They have the stigma of being Indigenous, Aboriginal, and all the trappings that come… — Warwick Thornton Copy Share Image
“There’s such a stigma attached to mental illness that people are often reluctant to talk about it, or admit that they, or… — Lori Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those with dissociative disorders face a big enough battle living as multiples and dealing with past trauma. Like everyone else, they deserve… — Carol Broad Copy Share Image
There's that stigma about New Yorkers, how they're so mean, but in my experience it was quite the opposite. People were very… — Taylor Kitsch Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, there really is a stigma against wrestling. I think that's why people think wrestlers are Neanderthals who can't string two… — Chris Jericho Copy Share Image
There is so much closed-mindedness, there is so much closed-off thought, there is so much bigotry and prejudice within knowledge that it,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“We are not easy to help. Nor are we easy to be around. Nobody with a serious illness is easy to be… — Sally Brampton Copy Share Image
I find human behavior to be fascinating, which is probably why I'm an actor, and I think that there are a lot… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
