Steven Barnes (1952) American writer and author
Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 16 “Warrior” (p. 239)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 74
Steven Barnes (1952) American writer and author
Source: Street Lethal (1983), Chapter 16 “Warrior” (p. 239)
“Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.”
Martina Navrátilová (1956) American-Czech tennis player
Source: Queer Notions, A Fabulous Collection of Gay and Lesbian Wit and Wisdom, 1996, p. 18.
Anthony Watts (1958) American television meteorologist
Quote of the week #8 – Monbiot: "looks like I’ve boobed" http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/05/17/quote-of-the-week-8-monbiot-looks-like-ive-boobed/, wattsupwiththat.com, May 17, 2009. <br class="br">2009
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[1991Mar11.230002.27271@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
said the Master.
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 109
Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer
A New Earth (2005)
Source: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled "File and forget."”
Ralph Ellison book Invisible Man
Epilogue.
Invisible Man (1952)
“Once you label me you negate me.”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
As attributed in Journal of Marriage and Family Counseling, Vol. 2 (1976) by American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, p. 33; no earlier incidents have been located.
Variants:
When you label me, you negate me.
As attributed in Inner Joy (1985) by Kory Bloomfield, p 169
Disputed
Variant: What labels me, negates me.
Roger Manganelli (1973) American musician
We've had the chance to do that twice. I think that's pretty amazing.