Quotes About Stereotype

There are some people saying I'm a tweener - not tall enough for a power forward and not fast enough for a three. But I feel like if I go out there and play hard, it will eliminate all that.

I know I can play, but people who haven't seen me and look at me on a football pitch think, 'He's tall, and he's there to head the ball.'

People might think that because I'm skinny and tall, I'm fragile. But I always knew I wasn't. And it's comforting to know that I can throw a proper punch if I have to.

Being tall isn't what makes you a good footballer, and I don't think that's the defining factor in English football at all.

In England, I'm just another tall guy!

Unfortunately the work that I do and the way the public perceives me is that I'm the hot, tall blonde. Of course I play it up.

I've always felt comfortable on the ball, and I don't know why people are so surprised when you can control it well. It's not a disability. It's just that I'm a bit taller than everyone else.

It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.

Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call.

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!

He looks like he could be taken in a fight. Not by me, but by somebody. Not anyone in Humanities, probably.

You look too pretty to be useful.

The only thing true about what you just said was the storybook damsel part - and that only because you're pretty enough to be one.

She didn't look like a Willow Queen. Of course, I'm not sure what exactly I expected - maybe something akin to Glinda the Good Witch. But this woman looked like Surfer Girl Barbie.

Everyone thought Sydney had passion only for intellectual pursuits. That was their loss.

Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.

A bad girl is a far more dangerous thing than a bad boy.

He probably thought it was a woman. Whenever a young man gets depressed, everybody thinks it's a woman.

One of the things that made Susan so interesting was the fact that she looked like a Jewish princess and worked like a Bulgarian peasant.

You'll notice," Pike said, "that the only people in here who look like thugs are me and you." "You, maybe. I look like Don Johnson. You look like Fred Flintstone.

Long. Not interesting. Coffee?" "No thanks. I'm trying to cut back." "I thought coffee was a prerequisite for being a cop." "That's donuts. What do lawyers eat?" "Each other.

This country's crazy in terms of fame and what people think it means. They expect a writer to be something between a Hollywood starlet and the village idiot.

Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.

Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam.