Zachary Taylor Quotes

My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.

Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.

Stereotypes and perceptions have their real effects.

Our society is used to judging content by its package and label.

When somebody's different, it's so easy to dismiss what people say because of what they look like. They really want to judge the book by its cover.

After all, you can't expect men not to judge by appearances.

I judge preschool teachers and actresses shamelessly. The first five minutes I meet them.

I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter.

The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jesse Jacksons, and they'll just see one, the clown ambulance chaser.

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.

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

We decide based on how people look; we decide based on how people sound; we decide based on how people are dressed. We decide based on their passion.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

I think any stereotyping is too much.

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

It was a mistake to think that my views would have been taken on their own terms. It was a mistake to think that my last name wouldn't be a factor.

You judge people as you meet them.

I think in our society we too often choose the people we associate with based on our own hasty judgments.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation, or a distinct group by its least worthy members.

I think people make a lot of judgments about me based on what I wear and all the things that I do.

We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination.

We've got these stereotypes, and I think there can be some trouble when we force these on people.

It's superficial that people think I'm cool because I wear certain clothes and I have tattoos. The funniest part is, when they get to know me, they're always surprised by how nerdy I am.

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.