Appearance Bias Quotes

We are saying that when our nation targets law enforcement efforts at someone's appearance or what neighborhood they live in or what job they do, it is not living up to our nation's basic ideals.

I think being very thin has had a lot to do with how I've been cast.

He's too ugly to be the champ!

You can't judge people by their cover.

I won't become a household word, or achieve the fame I deserve in my lifetime because of the way I look.

All other things being equal, a bald man cannot be elected President of the United States.

A professor I had in college used to tell me that if someone won’t listen to what you have to say because you’re not wearing a tie, then put on a tie, ’cause what you have to say is more important than not wearing a tie. He was right.

Now I've heard the phrase 'there's no such thing as an ugly baby' but that is an ugly baby!

There's definitely a whole double standard. I don't understand it. A guy can be sexy and good-looking, and it totally just enhances his credibility as an athlete.

People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them: How do you think I got the job?

the power of beauty:what must the world be like for ugly women?

Because of how I looked, there was definitely a prejudice against me. People didn't think I could play. I could see why: I weighed about eight stone and was six foot bleeding seven.

Looking a certain way is a blessing and a curse.

We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse.

I don't think anyone is hiring me because I look like Chris Hemsworth.

Often you get pigeonholed because of the way you look.

My brother had a mustache, and when my brother had a mustache, it was cool. When I had a mustache, everyone just assumed I'm an immigrant and I don't speak English, which is fascinating. It was a fascinating thing to discover how I looked versus my brother with a mustache.

I think, it is a challenge to get critics or whoever to see past what you wear and makeup and the way you look and just concentrate on the music.

[Michelle Malkin] has been supporting a party which includes most of the idiots in this country who would judge her entirely and exclusively on her [Filipino] appearance.

I have never had a bad review off a good-looking person.

There are assumptions made about the way you look. I'm always surprised when people don't think I'm smart.

People are incredibly literal sometimes in how they view you. You have dark hair and pale skin? You must be brooding. The second you dye your hair blond and get a spray tan, people treat you as if you're a bit stupider and happier.

They say you look ten pounds heavier on TV, but it makes your beard look longer.

I just think that beautiful people don't have it as hard, you know? They just don't know what rejection's like. That's why super models aren't good actresses, because they don't need anything. If someone is beautiful and she's needy, she's probably had a terrible childhood.

I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short and has white hair.