Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Categorizing is necessary for humans, but it becomes pathological when the category is seen as definitive, preventing people from considering the fuzziness of boundaries,…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

— Roger Ebert

Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.

— Dorothy Allison

We, as a people, we have a strong need to categorize everything. We put labels on everything and its a totally understandable need because…

— Armin van Buuren

We, as a people, we have a strong need to categorize everything. We put labels on everything and it's a totally understandable need because…

— Armin van Buuren

The idea is to be unrestrained by categories.

— Kurt Elling

I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.

— Ansel Adams

A categorization implies a hierarchical way of seeing things. Life is really relational, not hierarchical. Hierarchical is a human way of looking at things.…

— Frederick Lenz

Not being categorized is like keeping your mouth shut. Categorization is linguistic, people trying to understand each other. Words are misty, language is a…

— Kalan Sherrard

i happen to enjoy categorization.

— Veronica Roth

We are much too much inclined in these days to divide people into permanent categories, forgetting that a category only exists for its special…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

— Rick Moody