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Equated Quotes

Sharp lines questioning what gets unfairly compared together.

People often equate things that don't deserve the comparison, whether it's behavior, purity, or belief systems. These quotes pair well with our Being collection.

I wasn't a bad kid. I was a good kid. But I had gotten in a lot of fights 'cause in the neighborhood I grew up in, that wasn't equated with bad behavior almost. I mean, we'd fought like it...

Quotes by Tony Danza

It annoys me right-wing extremism is not equated to Islamic extremism.

Quotes by Malcolm Nance

I don't feel like I've ever subscribed to the stereotypical notion of success. I've always equated success with having integrity, conducting yourself with compassion and honesty, and following your heart despite whether or not you ever make any money at...

Quotes by Lela Loren

Sugar crystallizes something in our American soul. It is emblematic of all industrial processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White being equated with pure and 'true': it takes a lot of energy to turn brown things into white...

Quotes by Kara Walker

America Quotes

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts.

Quotes by John Polanyi

In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.

Quotes by James L. Buckley

Happiness, as a word, has become sort of equated with these smiling images on television, selling some nice cream or food product or something. It's seen a bit as being a stupid consumer.

Quotes by Helena Norberg-Hodge

Citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK.

Quotes by Gary Cohn

In 2008, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work done on a molecule called green fluorescent protein that was isolated from the bioluminescent chemistry of a jellyfish, and it's been equated to the invention of the microscope in...

Quotes by Edith Widder

Annoys Quotes

If the clockwork universe equated the human body with the mechanics of the clock, the digital universe now equates human consciousness with the processing of the computer. We joke that things don't compute, that we need a reboot, or that...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

The Indians knew that life was equated with the earth and its resources, that America was a paradise, and they could not comprehend why the intruders from the East were determined to destroy all that was Indian as well as...

Quotes by Dee Brown

In America, we have equated personal business success with public virtue.

Quotes by Chrystia Freeland

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of comparisons do these equated quotes challenge?
They question linking fighting to bad behavior, whiteness to purity, and knowledge to bare facts, each treated as an oversimplified equation. The quotes push back on reducing complex ideas to single labels.
How does one quote describe growing up around fighting?
It explains that fighting wasn't automatically equated with bad behavior in the speaker's neighborhood, since it was treated as just another normal part of daily life there. It challenges outside assumptions about that upbringing.
What does the sugar quote say about whiteness and purity?
It argues that equating whiteness with purity and truth took real cultural energy to establish, framing it as a constructed idea rather than a natural fact. It's a pointed observation about how symbolism gets built over time.
Is there a quote about knowledge being equated with facts?
Yes, one states that scientia, or knowledge, gets reduced to mere facts only in popular understanding, suggesting true knowledge means something broader. For related themes on Being and identity, see that collection.
What double standard does the extremism quote point out?
It expresses frustration that right-wing extremism doesn't get equated with Islamic extremism in public discussion, calling out an inconsistency in how threats get labeled. Browse our Annoys quotes for more pointed frustrations.

From childhood neighborhoods to double standards in how extremism gets labeled, these lines call out lazy comparisons. See our America quotes for related themes.