Megalyn Echikunwoke Quotes

You judge people as you meet them.

A lot of people are lazy when it comes to making up their own mind about something, you know? If you're labelled one way then they think thats how you are. It takes too much time to really look into things.

I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.

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.

People are quick to pigeonhole you.

I tend to make snap judgements about people.

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

There are assumptions made about the way you look. I'm always surprised when people don't think I'm smart.

People forget that stereotypes aren’t bad because they are always untrue. Stereotypes are bad because they are not always true. If we allow ourselves to judge another based on a stereotype, we have allowed a gross generalization to replace our own thinking.

I think people have certain preconceived notions of certain people that they've never met. And so, that's sort of what I try to work from.

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

It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.

People are so quick to judge and make decisions for themselves about situations they know absolutely nothing about.

Never judge a person if you don't know him.

I judge people very quickly.

Far from being a loathsome aberration that ought to be purged from our behavior, it turns out that stereotypes are essential life tools, are accurate much more often than not.

Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.

You should never assume about someone.

We all judge people.

You judge someone from the day you meet them.

Anytime you're saying that a person will be thinking one way or another or biased one way or another just based upon race, I just think it's certainly going to be subject to that criticism of racism.

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

People make conclusions about somebody before they actually get to know someone.

Maybe you don't know who a person is just based on the way they dress. I know that's a really simple thing you're supposed to be taught really young, but sometimes you can forget.