Stereotype Quotes
294 Stereotype quotes by 255 unique authors
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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a…
— Sally Ride
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Everyone is their own kind of lesbian. To think there's a certain way to dress or present yourself in the world is just one more…
— Portia de Rossi
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We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes…
— Sheryl Sandberg
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In the John Wayne movies, the Indians were savages that were trying to scalp you. That culture has really suffered because of the stereotype you…
— Ricky Schroder
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Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
— Maria Shriver
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Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.
— Sarah Silverman
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Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are…
— Bruce Springsteen
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Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to…
— Adora Svitak
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At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I…
— Tinie Tempah
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It's not a stereotype if it's always true.
— Daniel Tosh
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We don't have milk cows. People have so many stereotypes of people from where I come from - Oklahoma. We don't ride around in covered…
— Carrie Underwood
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You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens.
— Jesse Ventura
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I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman…
— Jody Watley
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You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about…
— J C Watts
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I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.
— Ricky Williams
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I think if I were a college professor, no one would say I was uncomfortable about being shy because that might be expected. But I…
— Ricky Williams
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Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.
— Naomi Wolf
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When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit,…
— James A. Forbes
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Americans have an inability to relax into sheer pleasure.Ours is an entertainment seeking-nation, but not necessarily a pleasure-seeking one....This is the cause of that great…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
— Virginia Woolf
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Do you drink?" "Of course,I just said I was a writer.
— Stephen King
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I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all…
— Jane Austen
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The show's writers had peppered the piece with words like "savage," "wild," and "animalistic." What bullshit. Show me the animal that kills for the thrill…
— Kelley Armstrong
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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be…
— Jane Austen
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That’s what religion does. It points a finger. It causes wars. It breaks apart countries. It’s a petri dish for stereotypes to grow in. Religion’s…
— Jodi Picoult
Who Wrote These Stereotype Quotes
255 authors contributed a total of 294 Stereotype Quotes, led by these top contributors: