Discriminatory Attitudes Quotes

Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.

Men condemne the same things in others, which they approve in themselves; on the other side, they publickly commend what they privately condemne;

Even as the world becomes saturated with seemingly unlimited information, “the benefit that ought to come with having a variety of opinions” writes author Bill Bishop, “is lost to the righteousness that is the special entitlement of homogeneous groups.” The result is divisiveness, polarization, and rancor in our national discourse – First World tribalism – with crowds gathering at the poles of every issue.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

It was, of course, nothing more than sexism, the especially virulent type espoused by male techies who sincerely believe that they are too smart to be sexists.

The racism in Europe takes the form of anti-immigrant extremism - which is bad enough here - I think it's hard to measure, but my guess is that it's probably worse there.

I tend to be slightly fastidious in the company I keep. As a woman, you almost need to be.

Here's what I've learned about Hillary Clinton: She will be criticized when she speaks; she will be criticized when she doesn't speak. And so I think she should speak her mind.

There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.

The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.

Liberals are about to become the last people to figure out that Arabs lie.

Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.

The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.

My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.

There is bias and sexism everywhere, just like there are problems of racism and homophobia stemming from the whole notion that we're arranged in a hierarchy, that we're ranked rather than linked.

... more snobbish than their English butlers.

I know that I'm a bit of a snob now, because 'The Lover' put me up here and I just don't want to accept anything less than that. I don't see why I should.

You will see and deal with so much dirt that you will assume everyone is guilty.

In the '60s, I thought golf was bourgeois, so I didn't play at all for 20 years.

I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.

There's the basket of deplorables, who are bigots of various stripes, misogynists, anti-Muslim, racists, homophobes.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

Perception is a big thing in football and people need to be more careful about how they choose to perceive young players in the first instance.

To fill the minds of the public with hatreds, jealousies, and suspicions is to poison the fountains of public security.