Stereotype Quotes

294 quotes by 257 authors

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or… — Chinua Achebe
I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes. — Michelle Bachelet
When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a… — Amy Adams
There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews. — Bjork
Occasionally, some sitcoms still stereotype women - the old dragon or the dolly bird - but on the whole we've moved away from that. — Jo Brand
The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes. — Nicolas Cage
Don't live up to your stereotypes. — Sherman Alexie
You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films… — Helena Bonham Carter
There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as soon as… — Joan Chen
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl. — Shirley Chisholm
I was starting to buy into my own sort of stereotype in a way. — Jennifer Aniston
One of the embarrassing facts from social psychology is that most stereotypes are true, in the only sense that stereotypes are ever true: on average. — J. Michael Bailey
More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles, a (political) party or faction… — Jonathan Rauch
Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness… — Sally Ride
Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would make real knowing possible cannot… — Bell Hooks
Too many people hold the idea that psychopaths are essentially killers or convicts. The general public hasn't been educated to see beyond the social stereotypes… — Robert D. Hare
We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free,… — Emma Watson
The truth is women in the workplace don't have to fight nearly as hard for opportunities, or to dispel stereotypes, as they did before. — Suze Orman
What no woman or man needs is anyone telling them they are 'too fat' or 'too skinny.' That just adds to the many stereotypes out… — LeAnn Rimes
I don't really care what I look like that much, and I think women out there should just be happy with the way they look.… — Rebel Wilson

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