Stigma Quotes · Page 4

Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion…

— Shakira

I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it.

— Mauro Ranallo

It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health.

— Tina Smith

“When you have a defect, some people try not to see it only as a defect, but as your entire identity.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.

— Jennifer Holliday

“Bad enough to be ill, but to feel compelled to deny the very thing that, in its worst and most active state,…

— Sally Brampton

Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get…

— Jay Ellis

My thing is to get people out of the stigma of what a reggae artist should be like.

— Shaggy

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as…

— Bebe Moore Campbell

Attitudes to mental health are slowly changing, there's less stigma among healthcare workers and a greater commitment to provide mental health treatment…

— Reggie Fils-Aime

That all men are alike is exactly what society would like to hear. It considers actual or imagined differences as stigmas indicating…

— Theodor Adorno

“...the issue becomes not whether a person has experience with a stigma of his own, because he has, but rather how many…

— Erving Goffman

My point is pot is no more and probably less harmful than alcohol is. I don't understand the stigma of not legalizing…

— Julie Roginsky

Today a celebrity sex video isn't a stigma that requires penance and smarm removal; it's a branding device, a platform enhancer, a…

— James Wolcott

There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a…

— Tony Hawk

Obviously, I'm still building a name and reputation for myself. The stigmas that come with my past will remain there for quite…

— Sasha Grey

We're all in this together. It's okay to be honest. It's okay to ask for help. It's okay to say you're stuck,…

— Jamie Tworkowski

We think that if we get tested, that means you have to have HIV. Or we think that just by knowing someone…

— Jay Ellis

Chicago is a beautiful city. It's one of those places that people around the world see and say, 'Maybe one day.' There's…

— Dwyane Wade

Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to…

— Jessica Valenti

Along with my passion for horse breeding, I was a horse racing enthusiast... In 1974 I was elected as a committee member…

— Cyrus S. Poonawalla

At Planned Parenthood, we see the impact of abortion stigma firsthand, in the women who delay getting reproductive health care because they…

— Cecile Richards

“Laziness can be a value on its own for those who want to show supremacy through contempt for work and wish to…

— Erik Pevernagie

A lot of authors see their book being banned or challenged as a badge of honor. But for me, it's nothing but…

— Jay Asher

I've struggled a lot with therapy because it's got a stigma to it, and also, it's really gotta work for you, I've…

— Tyler Posey

The stigma of self-inflicted death is for some people a hateful blot that demands erasure at all costs.

— William Styron

“Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

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

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

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

— Christine Lahti

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

— Isha Barlas

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

“I could go into their reality any time I chose to, but they could never come into mine. This is what I…

— Agnostic Zetetic

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

— Pia Zadora