Quotes About Stigma

Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down.

I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often - dull.

I actually hate being called an entrepreneur.

It is blatantly apparent that true entrepreneurs will never be accepted in the public arena.

Directors assume I'm, like, establishment.

You can accuse Europeans of being many things - except fast.

Call one a thief and he will steal": put a stigma on a calling and its followers adjust their morals to it, for it is natural that "the normal conscience," as Hugh Black says, "rises to the demands made on it, and easily falls to the limit of the standard expected from it.

Given my swimmingly fetching cultural milieu, getting used to this bleeding business took quite a while. In the meantime, I fervently asked people why the hell this happened to us girls. Various sources consistently informed me that it was (big sigh) "just part of being a woman" (big sigh), or the good ol' standby curse we inherited from Eve.

Without honoring Whores, we cannot truly understand and transcend the dynamics of violence, destruction and ignorance fostered in our cuntfearing society.

Sadly though, the general feelings among straight men is, 'I ain't no fucking faggot, so keep clear of my ass.' Thus, a lot of men deprive themselves of this (anal sex) highly pleasurable sensation.

they said you were mentally healthy, but your madness is the worst

The famous and rich, even the learned and wise, Singly or in pairs went to her dwelling To press their civilized lips to her thighs Or learn at first hand her buttocks' swelling "Old nicoise whore

Maybe you have to become a mother to get to the real sense of everything. Or a prostitute.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

For me, my discomfort with gay weddings was articulated by a close friend, who observed that gay people getting married is like retarded people getting together to give each other PhDs. It doesn't make them smarter, and it doesn't make us married.

Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasn't that dumb, but that's how she was perceived - and that's what got popular.

I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.

Let's say you're sitting in a group meeting when the counselor calls you a gang member. You're offended. You hang around with people of the same cloth, the same experience, the same sufferings. These are your friends, like family. You don't think of yourselves as gang members, but of course, technically, that's what you are. And let's say you embrace the label.

No one with panic attacks and anxiety has ever gone 'crazy,' " the site claims. "In fact, because you realize that you have panic attacks, this is just another indication that you are not going crazy. People that 'go crazy' lose contact with reality. Anxious people are too much in contact with reality. Thus, people with panic and anxiety problems NEVER 'go crazy.' It simply cannot happen.

Where I come from, it was a heresy to say you wanted to be in movies, leave alone American movies.

people act badly, it is easy to just call them negative or derogatory names. But once you look at their scans and realize they might have a damaged or toxic scan, it gives you more understanding and empathy.

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. —RICHARD CARLSON, PH.D.