Julian Fellowes Quotes

I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.

The true enemy of man is generalization.

Making sweeping over-generalizations is classically un-American.

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

I hate stereotypes and I hate cliche.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

You really can't stereotype people or put them in boxes, it's unfair.

To assume that just because of someone's age or gender or whatever, that they don't pose a threat would be wrong.

It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.

No one is ever bias-free, but some people let their biases influence their actions more than others.

When I first went to Israel, I saw soldiers pushing Palestinians around and thought, 'I can't stand this'. Then I'd meet somebody in a bar saying what wonderful people the Palestinians are and what mamzers the Jews are, and I'd think, 'Hang on'. It should be hard to make up your mind on any serious subject.

If you have an issue with someone, call them out. Don't paint everyone with the same brush.

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.

Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must be a deficiency of information, or...of something else.

All words are prejudices.

Why should I hate someone on the basis of their religion, when I can take a little time to get to know them and hate them for a myriad of real reasons.

To me, it doesn't matter if your scapegoats are the Jews, the homosexuals, the male sex, the Masons, the Jesuits, the Welfare Parasites, the Power Elite, the female sex, the vegetarians, or the Communist Party. To the extent that you need a scapegoat, you simply have not got your brain programmed to work as an efficient problem-solving machine.

If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist. If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not make you a sexist. If you think critically about a denomination, it does not make you anti-religion. If you accept but don't celebrate homosexuality, it does not make you a homophobe.

Prejudice is a disease. So is fashion. But I will not wear prejudice.

No matter what I say, honestly, people would only judge me the way they want to.

Stereotypes are fast and easy, but they are lies, and the truth takes its time.