Quotes About Stereotype

I'm a science nerd! Not a cheerleader. - Claire Danvers

If Einstein was so smart how come people only call you 'Einstein' when you do something really stupid ?

It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom.

When I was a young writer if you went to a party and told somebody you were a science-fiction writer you would be insulted. They would call you Flash Gordon all evening, or Buck Rogers.

I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.

Despite what our modern society would have you believe, the Witch within you is not dangerous, but protective. She is not frivolous, but exceedingly accurate and trustworthy.

The women's movement hasn't changed my sex life. It wouldn't dare.

The only place men want depth in their women is in their décolletage

L]iterature is always badly served when an author's artistic insight yields place to stereotype and malice. -Home and Exile

My parents were typical of many who drilled into me at an early age that because you are black, you have to be twice as good to get half as much. Unspoken in that advice is that whites are presumed competent until they prove the contrary. Blacks are assumed to be mediocre and certainly no intellectual match for whites until their skills and accomplishments gain them an often-reluctant acceptance.

The idea of a powerful woman aware of her own desires made people uncomfortable and so she was portrayed as barbaric, even demonic, not in control of her passions.

In fact the English word 'demon' is full of a value judgement that is wrongly attributed to the words rakshasa and asura.

Georgia tutted under her breath. 'I'm loud sometimes,' she said, thinking So bloody what if I'm quiet - what's the thing about it?

A horse doesn't know whether the rider on his back wears a dress or pants away from the track.

I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.

We Can't go into uncharted territories with a women

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb . . . And I also know that I'm not blonde.

You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb - and I'm not blonde either.

I make jokes about it, but it's the truth that I kind of patterned my look after the town tramp. I didn't know what she was, just this woman who was blond and piled her hair up, wore high heels and tight skirts, and, boy, she was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. Momma used to say, "Aw, she's just trash," and I thought, That's what I want to be when I grow up. Trash.

It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.

Anything that elicits an immediate nod of recognition has only reconfirmed a prejudice.

You know the word 'barbarian' came from the Romans? It meant 'redheaded.' They was talking about you people. I saw that on the—what do you call it?—the History Channel, last night.

Well, that's a big chunk of truth, Eddie thinks. The Mexicans have finally found a drug that white trash likes and can afford. And one thing you ain't never gonna run out of is white trash. That stuff makes itself. They get made in the backseats of junk cars, and then they live in them.