“Obviously a show like 'The Sopranos' sustains some of the regular stereotypes. I don't view the show as a serious portrayal of Italian Americans, but I think it leaves too much room for misinterpretation.”
Peter Agostino
“The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; It is this.”
Chinua Achebe
“Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.”
David Hume
“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: 'It's a girl”
Shirley Chisholm
“Dude, stop. You're justifying the stereotype.”
Bruce Springsteen
“The male stereotype makes masculinity not just a fact of biology but something that must be proved and re-proved, a continual quest for an ever-receding Holy Grail”
Marc Feigen Fasteau
“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.”
Colin Powell
