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Quotes About Stereotype

Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended from that tribe. That's what it says in the dictionary; but you and I know what a Jew is -- One Who Killed Our Lord. And although there should be a statute of limitations for that crime, it seems that those who neither have the actions nor the gait of Christians, pagan or not, will bust us out, unrelenting dues, for another deuce.
~ Lenny Bruce
A therapist is a very smart person who wears glasses and can help you with your problems by asking a lot of questions instead of giving you shots, which is really amazing. But a psycho, as everyone knows, is a crazy person in the movies that you never want to run into in real life. So a psychotherapist is a very smart crazy person that you should stay away from for your own good.
~ Lenore Look
Jewish dropout: a boy who didn't get his Ph.D. —ANON
~ Leo Rosten
in converting Jews to Christians you raise the price of pork. —The Merchant of Venice, act III, scene
~ Leo Rosten
You know the axiom that men don't like women who threaten them because they're too smart?
~ James Patterson
Governor Reagan delivered perhaps the most famous one-liner. A hippie, he said, is someone who dresses like Tarzan, has hair like Jane, and smells like Cheetah.
~ James T. Patterson
A man always imagines a woman to be ready for anybody who asks her.
~ Jane Austen
But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;—more narrow-minded and selfish.
~ Jane Austen
Sadly, Mary, from this point on, was not only bound to fail to impress anyone as to her ability as a monarch, she failed so spectacularly that she only reinforced every sixteenth-century stereotype of women as weak-willed, intellectually challenged and emotionally corrupt. Even in the confused aftermath of Darnley's death she seemed to be increasingly in Bothwell's thrall. He was a strong man with a sense of mission when she was feeling at her most bereft and in need of guidance
~ Jane Dunn
You have a gun! Why didn't you use it on Ramirez? Jesus, you hit him with your pocketbook like some sissy girl.
~ Janet Evanovich
Grandma was in her mid-seventies and didn't look a day over ninety.
~ Janet Evanovich
She looked like the senior version of an inflatable sex toy doll that needed more air.
~ Janet Evanovich
I always wanted to eat with a Negro, Grandma said. Yeah, well, I always wanted to eat with a boney-assed old white woman, Lula said. So I guess this works out good. Grandma and Lula did some complicated handshake thing. Bitchin', Grandma said.
~ Janet Evanovich
A cliche is everything you've ever heard of.
~ Janet Fitch
don't sulk. you're acting just like a man.
~ Janet Fitch
A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.
~ Gordon W. Allport
Because we are a small country, unlike England, Italy, or Brazil, we don't have as many good players.
~ Dimitar Berbatov
I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well.
~ Patrick Stewart
A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl thing.
~ Lea DeLaria
I think my dad is the only Arabic descendent who is an unsuccessful businessman.
~ Shakira
In Bollywood they think if a leading lady can do one free-falling kick she's achieved the unthinkable.
~ Koena Mitra
At screenings for 'Black in America,' I've heard people say, 'Well you know, I never thought you were black until you did Katrina, and then I thought you were black.'
~ Soledad O'Brien
I think comics has this rap of being misogynistic, and that's certainly not untrue.
~ Noelle Stevenson
What is a policeman made of? He, of all men, is once the most needed and the most unwanted. He's a strangely nameless creature who is 'Sir' to his face and 'Fuzz' to his back.
~ Paul Harvey