Pigeonhole Quotes

Why do we pigeonhole and label an artist? It is a sure way of missing the important, the contradictory, the things that make him or her unique. (Lukas Foss)
I do not think much of ages. People are people. What does it matter how old or young they are? It is a category, and I do not like categories. It is a sort of pigeonhole or a label. View quote
Louis L'Amour
People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean? View quote
Bob Woodward
Country radio went through a time where they were trying to pigeonhole everybody, and trying to make the gap really narrow, and I think that they've opened that up a little bit. View quote
Tim McGraw
I know I get up people's noses," "Everyone wants to pigeonhole you. Early on in my career I somehow got labelled 'Bach, John Cage and a bit of jazz'. But the fact that I love to play Beethoven, too, really infuriates people. It doesn't fit. They can't make sense of it. The received wisdom is that you can't possibly do all these things without it sounding terrible or crass or just plain wrong. View quote
Joanna MacGregor
In the first three months, half of my salary went for a pigeonhole in the Siberian end of town. View quote
Chetan Bhagat
If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no significance. View quote
Mao Zedong
I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all. View quote
Ice Cube
You don't want to pigeonhole yourself. View quote
Kevin Hart
I was quite surprised how easily people wanted to pigeonhole things I've done. View quote
Bill Forsyth
I dislike when people try to pigeonhole me, when all I want is to do good work. (Karen Black)
I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a career, you never want anyone to be able to pigeonhole you into one specific thing. View quote
Jonathan Levine
Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and he didn't give a hoot about what the purists said. View quote
Meshell Ndegeocello
I never want to pigeonhole myself or get typecast. I'm looking forward to my career and showing all of my range as an actress, and I'm looking at other mediums, too. I'm a theater actress first. And I cannot wait to return to the stage. View quote
Samira Wiley
One of the problems with fame ... is they try to pigeonhole you... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life. View quote
Charles A. Reich
People like to pigeonhole you. View quote
Jason Statham
People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier. View quote
Viggo Mortensen
To pigeonhole a genre as being successful or unsuccessful is weird. View quote
Chester Bennington
I personally am not interested in people trying to pigeonhole me. View quote
Patti Smith
There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him. View quote
Steven Spielberg