Quotes About Being Labeled

#1. Race is the San Andreas Fault of our culture as well as our history. Its fissures are forever present and not that far beneath the surface of every day life. To deny that is to risk being labeled delusional.

Mike Barnicle

#2. His facial hair served not just as a calendar but also as a mask, absorbing the stares of others while allowing him a little privacy in plain sight. "I can hide behind it, I can play to stereotypes and assumptions. One of the benefits of being labeled a hermit is that it permits me strange behavior.

Michael Finkel

#3. Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science fiction novel, but they have escaped the stigma of being labeled as genre.

John Clute

#4. I don't skip practice, I'm not late for meetings, I'm professional in everything I do, you never hear about me not showing up for planes and missing flights, so why is it that I'm always being labeled a bad guy?

Jeff Cunningham

#5. Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

Eli Roth

#6. I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless

Claude Pepper

#7. You need people with the courage to stand up and voice their opposition without being labeled unpatriotic.

Wesley Clark

#8. I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

Boyd Rice

#9. I wouldn't mind being labeled as "angry," if it wasn't used once again to denigrate and belittle.

Jamaica Kincaid

#10. I never said I wasn't Black ... I want to make that very clear. I said, I am not African-American. I never expected my personal beliefs and comments to spark such emotion in people. I think it is only positive when we can openly discuss race and being labeled in America.

Raven-Symone

#11. One of the cleverest and most insidious twists in the whole sorry tale is the way women are double bound by a gender-biased definition of professionalism and the threat of being labeled "whining.

Laura Bates

#12. But they're being labeled bipolar. That's an enormous label that's going to stay with you for the rest of your life.

Jon Ronson

#13. I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

Chino Moreno

#14. I saw someone label me as a dubstep producer but I'm definitely not a dubstep producer. There's nothing wrong with that, though, because that's major. But it's like a school bus driver being labeled as a NASCAR driver. I would love to be a NASCAR driver, but I drive buses for a living.

AraabMuzik

#15. Let us not argue over our being labeled as either spiritual or carnal. If we are not governed by the Holy Spirit what profit will the mere designation of spiritual be to us? This is after all a matter of life, not of title.

Watchman Nee

#16. There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines.

Rocco DiSpirito

#17. Part of the problem of being labeled a model minority is that everyone thinks you've made it, but that's far from the case. You can see that in the horrific stories where undocumented workers are trying to get into the country. That's the backlash.

Arthur Dong

#18. I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools.

Samuel Alito

#19. I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

Johnny Depp

#20. That song is a story that shows how easily you could get slipped into being labeled as the bad guy, even though what you really trying to do is tell the bad guy to leave you alone.

Slick Rick

#21. Whether it's an innate ability or an acquired way of regarding the world around us, being labeled as funny can only be accepted as a compliment.

Alan Zweibel

#22. I've learned that a family can have little glitches without being labeled dysfunctional.

Kathy Najimy

#23. The good stuff was hiding the bad stuff. I realised that this was something I needed to look out for: When downsides coexist with upsides, as they often do, people are reluctant to explore what's bugging them, for the fear of being labeled complainers.

Ed Catmull

#24. Bully, she muttered.
When it comes to you, baby, I don't mind being labeled a bully.

Maya Banks

#25. I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But I don't get it that much to be honest. I guess its better than being labeled a "racist" comedian.

Aziz Ansari

#26. Stupidly perhaps, and sometimes at the cost of my own job, or being labeled "difficult," I'm willing to say shit to people no matter who they are and what the consequences may be. And yes, in the end, I'm probably cutting off my nose to spite my face. But that's who I am.

Leah Remini

#27. When downsides coexist with upsides, as they often do, people are reluctant to explore what's bugging them, for fear of being labeled complainers.

Ed Catmull

#28. Take time to truly look deep into the eyes of an individual and that is were you will truly see the soul of a person, do not be quick to judge strictly on being labeled!

Nicole Hill

#29. Obama does not need to worry as much as past Democratic presidents about being labeled soft on national security - not after giving the order that led to the assassination of Osama bin Laden. No, his biggest concern is being labeled tone deaf on joblessness and debt.

Ron Fournier

#30. The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

Boyd Rice

#31. 2) Members will attend events together as a group, including, but not limited to, Homecoming, Prom, parties, and other couply events, despite possibly being labeled as freaks and getting jealous looks from guys who wish we were their hot dates, but instead have to settle for some lame wannabe.

Elizabeth Eulberg

#32. There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.

Irene Dunne

#33. I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy about myself.

John Abraham

#34. You've been marked and labeled in the spiritual world just by virtue of your birth. If you claim the family name of Christian, you are being hunted to be destroyed.

Kenny Luck

#35. I think women get labeled a lot as being crazy. But I think men make us crazy.

Jules Asner

#36. I've always had a career. I have been working hard since I was 15 years old. Being someone's 'girlfriend' was never what I wanted to be famous for. What makes you 'famous' isn't always what you want to be 'labeled' as or known for.

Adrienne Bailon

#37. I don't like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone.

Delta Burke

#38. When people accuse us of being retrograde, or medieval, or puritanical - all words rummaged out of the box labeled "Not Progressive" - we should shrug, as if they had accused us of walking on two feet, and

Anthony Esolen

#39. In all societies, women are in double jeopardy; on the one hand we are expected to conform to certain emotional standards in our relationships with others at the penalty of being declared insane; on the other, our political perceptions are labeled "irrational" and "hysterical.

Adrienne Rich

#40. Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a 'scam artist.'

Jason Calacanis

#41. Are you ready to take the ACT on Saturday?' my father asked.
Did chickens enjoy being put on trucks labeled KFC? 'Sure.

Katie McGarry

#42. Twelve "shame categories" have emerged from my research: Appearance and body image Money and work Motherhood/fatherhood Family Parenting Mental and physical health Addiction Sex Aging Religion Surviving trauma Being stereotyped or labeled

Brene Brown

#43. Kids need quantity time: the myth that a small amount of focused attention is just as good simply because it's labeled quality is merely a means to rationalize being away.

Diane Medved

#44. I hated this business of being grown-up. I hated having to make decisions where I didn't know what was behind the door. I wanted a world where heroes and villains were clearly labeled.

Marian Keyes

#45. I'm just a receiver. I don't want to be labeled as a deep-threat guy, which is always going to happen because I'm always going to be able to run past people until I'm slow. I watch some guys who are very good at being deep threats, but it's like people don't respect them doing anything else.

Torrey Smith

#46. Empowertising not only builds on the idea that any choice is a feminist choice if a self-labeled feminist deems it so, but takes it a little bit further to suggest that being female is in itself something that deserves celebration.

Andi Zeisler

#47. I don't want to be labeled one thing. My main thing I care about is being able to create the things I want to do with my friends, whatever platform that is.

Derek Waters