Labeled Quotes

157 quotes by 150 authors

Yet the stupid believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling this man ruler, that one herdsman â€“ how dense! Confucius… — Zhuangzi
Boys get unfairly labeled as morally defective, hyperactive, undisciplined, or 'problem children,' when quite often the problem is not with the boys but with the… — Michael Gurian
Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or… — John Eliot
To some extent, we are all labeled by what we're able to achieve. But more importantly, we are defined by what we attempt. — Scott Tinley
Many offenders are tracked for prison at early ages, labeled as criminals in their teen years, and then shuttled from their decrepit, underfunded inner city… — Michelle Alexander
Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination - employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity,… — Michelle Alexander
The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them. — Jeremy Rifkin
There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being… — Rocco DiSpirito
So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequences for the kinds of services and potentially… — Robert Sternberg
Stay alert. The big moral crossroads in your life may not come labeled as such. — George Saunders
Was it possible I'd labeled him incorrectly? Shallow jocksdidn't overcome adversity and accomplish the things Leif had. I'd labeled him, not even knowing him. Just… — Abbi Glines
All of childhood's unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey men, values and dislikes, are first… — Maya Angelou
You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic. — Wesley Clark
Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we forget their terrestrial origin and accept them… — Albert Einstein
If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labeled commercial. — Herbie Mann
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers. — Ronald Reagan
A lot of people like to live on laurels that happened 20 or 30 years ago, but it's nice to get awards. It's nice to… — Tim Conway
We allow folks to divide us. I don't like this Republican/Democrat, left/right, radical/not radical division that is created by folks, particularly and unfortunately in the… — Matt Shea
I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said that I was… — Judit Polgar
Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not… — Garrison Keillor

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