Stigma Quotes

Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again. (David Dinkins)
There is no doubt that the new wave (of attacks) in Palestine will wipe off this stigma (Israel) from the face of the Islamic world, ... The World without Zionism. View quote
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them. View quote
Germaine Greer
I don't care if you call it AO for Adults Only, or Chopped Liver or Father Goose. Your movie will still have the stigma of being in a category that's going to be inhabited by the very worst of pictures. View quote
Jack Valenti
For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. The last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma. View quote
John Steinbeck
Joe Louis and I were the first modern national sports figures who were black... But neither of us could do national advertising because the South wouldn't buy it. That was the social stigma we lived under. View quote
Jesse Owens
The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves. View quote
Matthew Quick
Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. View quote
Eric McCormack
I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it. View quote
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century. View quote
David Chalmers
Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us. (Carre Otis)
When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma. View quote
Christine Lahti
Theatre is expensive to go to. I certainly felt when I was growing up that theatre wasn't for us. Theatre still has that stigma to it. A lot of people feel intimidated and underrepresented in theatre. View quote
Christopher Eccleston
The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. View quote
Clara Hughes
I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness. View quote
Gail Porter
I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be. View quote
Jennifer Ellison
I'm trying to work on my modelling career and remove myself from the whole FHM stigma. I want to be seen as a classic model. View quote
Reeva Steenkamp
Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens. View quote
Shereen El Feki
I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott. View quote
Sam Elliott
A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity. View quote
Zachery Ty Bryan
Until women themselves reject stigma and refuse to feel shame for the way others treat them, they have no hope of achieving full human stature. (Germaine Greer)
I understand your anger and outrage, I understand your pain. And yet in the self-interest of Gujarat, and to ensure that we don't jeopardize the future of Gujarat, that Gujarat doesn't get a blot on its face [or] carry a stigma connected with these times all the 5 crore Gujaratis need to keep calm and exercise self-restraint. View quote
Narendra Modi
The press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. ... There is obviously a cultural gap. The act of breaking into a computer system has to have the same social stigma as breaking into a neighbor's house. It should not matter that the neighbor's door is unlocked. View quote
Ken Thompson
To be associated with industry no longer carries the stigma of profiteering, exploitation and of being uncaring as it did when I was at school. View quote
Richard Branson
It is impossible to get help where it is most needed when any group is targeted for legal discrimination and stigma. View quote
George W. Bush