Jonathan Haidt Quotes

You judge people as you meet them.

I think that people assume when they meet me that I'm going to judge what they're wearing.

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do.

People want to typecast you; it's human nature.

When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.'

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

Whether you want to admit it or not, people begin to judge you the minute you walk in the door.

People look at me, and I dress a little unusually and they think, 'Oh you must be from California.' Of course, people in California think, 'Oh you must be from from Mars,' so, you know, your next-door neighbour is not necessarily the person that you are going to make a connection with.

It's always nice when people discover I'm a normal person and not, because of my appearance, a half-crazed lunatic who may stab them with a Bic pen.

You can tell a lot about a woman by her email signature. Actually you can't but for some reason people do anyway.

People are going to assume whatever they want to assume.

People always put you in a box as a rapper, especially when I get up on a panel and start speaking, and I start speaking when I got some sense. They're like, 'Oh, well, I didn't expect him to have sense.'

Looks matter a lot, and it has always mattered. We always judge. I have not only been on the receiving end, but I have also judged others.

When you come into this league, everyone tries to put you in categories - 'this is what he is' or 'this is what he can do.'

You're never going to get beyond other people's preconceptions of what you are and what you're about.

If you don't really know someone, everyone forms an opinion. That's part of life.

Don't assume I'm dumb because I wear a suit and tie.

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.

The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

I just think the more we're observed by other people, the less we can observe them in order to play them and find their true condition.

I definitely believe in type casting. If you're a girl with bleach-blonde hair, everyone automatically thinks 'prom queen, cheerleader.' It just happens.

People label you the way they know you best.

People started saying, 'Oh you know, he's quicker than he looks', and I'm like, 'What does that mean? Do I look slow, or I'm not really sure what that means.

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'

Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.