J. D. Salinger Quotes

I don't walk barefoot. When I see a girl barefoot in the street... I'm like, 'Really?' But obviously, I can't judge someone for that first impression.

If I do a good job, people won't care if I am green or have three heads.

I'm not recognised that much. I'm just a bald man in glasses and there's a rash of them in Dublin. It'd be different if I had a mohican.

People are always judging you based on where you're from, where you went to school, how you look, how you talk. But at the end of the day, you're going to have to look into the mirror and accept who you are. It's all about being authentic.

Throughout my life, I've known that if I change my hair, if I change my look, people I know will blank me in the street.

You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look.

What people think is their individual nature is just a bundle of thoughts, emotions, ideas, opinions, and prejudices. The world can do without this individuality.

If you teach a child that appearance doesn't matter, what will be the next thing that child asserts her individuality over? Turning up on time? Turning up at all?

I was born in Iran, which has a predominantly Muslim population, and I have relatives who are devout Muslims, so I know what it means to be judged based on your appearance and what you're wearing. But your ethnicity and your clothing do not define who you are.

I don't like to get pigeonholed. I don't like it when people think they have you sewn up.

Men of this world all rejoice in others being like themselves, and object to others not being like themselves.

I dress up with a conscience when I think you'll be watching. I say all the right things, I don't know what I mean.

Who are they to judge us, simply because our hair is long?

I don't want to put nobody on blast but in the beginning it's like somebody telling you somebody looks like you and you've been looking in the mirror your whole life and nobody looks like you. Same thing with me.

You know just because you don't like the way it sounds when I say it or you don't like my haircut or you don't like that I'm gay, it does not mean that what we say is not true. If you squint a little bit, it is true I do sometimes look like a dude, and I am definitely gay.

We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.

The masses do not like those who surpass them in any regard. The average man envies and hates those who are different.

With gymnastics, I know I was making some people in that world mad because they thought that I wasn't focused on gymnastics. They were like, 'Ugh, she won't get off social media, she's always tweeting.' They wanted me to be America's sweetheart. And I think I've never fit into that cookie cutter person.

Don't you get tired of seeing so many "non-conformists" with the same non-conformist look?

„Ma'am?“ She glanced up at me, pushing her glasses up her nose as she did. “Hmm? Oh, I remember you. Miss Melbourne.“ “Melrose,“ I corrected. “Are you sure? I could've sworn you were named after someplace in Australia.“ „Well, my first name is Sydney,“ I said, not sure if I should be encouraging her.

Also, where does your identity come from? Your memory, of course.

Wizards don't all look alike.

I think it's just easier for people to put you in a box or a lane because you look similar. I think that's unfair for anybody in any situation.

If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.

It's foolish to be prejudiced. There are so many reasons to hate people on an individual basis.