Dorothy L. Sayers Quotes

What I really resent most about people sticking labels on you is that it cuts off all the other elements of what you are because it can only deal with black and white; the cartoon.

People are always put in a box or slot.

For too long, actually, we have either said you're this or that.

I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done.

I'm not the only one that people try to put in a box. I think it's easier for people to understand things when they can categorize them.

Putting labels on people is so counter-productive. Most of us on some issues could be considered conservative, on other issues could be considered progressive, on other issues might be thought of as being moderate, on other issues might be thought of as being rather forthright.

You don't pigeonhole yourself, people pigeonhole you. If the world is not at a place yet where it can just be like, "This music is gay and it's music," then it's not my fault that it gets pigeonholed, it's not the people in the band's fault, it's because people won't just let music be music, people who need to put a name on something or to critique something.

We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in.

People like to put you in a little box, and that's where they are comfortable with you being.

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.

It's so tedious that everyone must be defined.

I mean people just have a way of - y'know they'll review your record in two sentences and put you in this little stupid box that you don't want to be in.

A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is.

I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.

I've always ignored the labels people put on things.

We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor.

I've always wrestled against being typified in one way or another.

People did pigeonhole me.

That's one of the problems with this country: they put you in a box. You're a Republican, you're a Democrat, you're conservative, you're liberal. And that's really unfair.

I don't like to be pigeon-holed.

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

People have become desperate to reduce everything, including each other, to mindless categories of good and bad, as if the world can be divided into Facebook likes and dislikes.

People are quick to pigeonhole you.

I don't like being put into a category.

Everyone always says, 'We don't want to be pigeonholed.' But sometimes, your pigeonhole is a great place to be.