Quotes about Stereotypes

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.

The trouble with China is, there are too many chinks here.

It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

There are two things you should know about the poor: they tend to smell, and they are ungrateful.

Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.

Most people feel younger than their age, but the culture values youth, success, beauty, productivity. There is no space in this culture for older people.

In their estimation Gillian was young and stupid and would get herself pregnant in record time—all the prerequisites for a miserable and ordinary life.

They tried to explain to the missionaries that it was they who put Adam and Eve out of the village because they was naked. Their word for naked is white. But since they are covered by color they are not naked. They said anybody looking at a white person can tell naked, but black people can not be naked because they can not be white.

When I found out I thought God was white, and a man, I lost interest.

I was told that whistling wasn't ladylike, but I knew even then that women were simply not supposed to be that happy.

The sport of choice for the urban poor is basketball. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is bowling. The sport of choice for front-line workers is football. The sport of choice for supervisors is baseball. The sport of choice for middle management is tennis. The sport of choice for corporate officers is golf. Conclusion: The higher you are in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become.

There are three religious truths: 1) Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 2) Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. 3) Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters.