378 Quotes About Labels

Because I hated myself so much for my fatness, I always looked for other fat people, and especially for fatter people, to judge as harshly as the world seemed to be judging me. And you know what? There was always someone fatter who was more disgusting than I was, more not with it, and more lazy. It helped me validate myself as mis-seen, misunderstood, and misevaluated. It also helped me find some sort of weird self-esteem that I never could find when looking at myself in the mirror.

Label-locked thinking can affect treatment. For instance, I heard a doctor say about a kid with gastrointestinal issues, “Oh, he has autism. That’s the problem”—and then he didn’t treat the GI problem.

I do not subscribe to the abuse "victim" or "survivor" labelling mentality. I have experienced every kind of abuse imaginable and I am and always have been the most happy-go-lucky, positive and life affirming person around. Your labels do not serve you, so don't use them as an excuse to be miserable. You have a beautiful life to live, so accept the beauty and start living.

The World is quick to label you, but it will take ages to take a stand!

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.

Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.

I'm not psycho...I just like psychotic things.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.