Bill McKibben Quotes

I became stereotyped.

All labels are offensive in some way.

You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.

I resent ever being stereotyped.

People are quick to pigeonhole you.

If you put a label on yourself, people will pigeonhole you.

I think people have a strong desire to push me and others into some sort of political box that they can wrap their minds around.

Stereotypes happen. I try not to embrace them or avoid them.

As soon as I would say I'm from Boston, people would just say, 'Naaaah!'

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

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

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.

It's not a stereotype if it's always true.

When you have a label stuck on you, people tend to believe it. If someone calls you suave and debonair, you only get offered parts in a suit and a collar and tie. It just so happens I wear them reasonably well.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.

People wanted to put me in one category, I think because it was easier for them.

There really are a lot of stereotypes I fight.

I really don't want to be a stereotype.

Color don't mean anything. People gonna try to put you in a place one way or the other.

If someone labels you, it is very hard to shake it off.

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

People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie.

You're Mexican until you make money and then you're Spanish.

We all get pigeon-holed or put in a box, no matter what that might be.