Quotes about Bad Rap

Single guys get a bad rap. Votes: 1

I find that with some girls, the words 'work' and 'education' have gotten a bad rap. Votes: 1

Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should. Votes: 1

Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct. Votes: 1

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works. Votes: 1

Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan. Votes: 1

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. Votes: 1

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places. Votes: 1

People generally thought that sharks are dumb eating machines. After some study, I began to realize that these 'gangsters' of the deep had gotten a bad rap. Votes: 1

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page. Votes: 1

Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form, from the simplest rendition to a colorful kitchen-sink approach. Votes: 1

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves. Votes: 1

I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity. Votes: 1

Reality does get a bad rap. But I'm not concerned about it 'cause I know who I am. They can edit it, but you are in charge of what you do. Votes: 1

Speculators get a bad rap. In the popular imagination they're greedy, heedless, and amoral, adept at price manipulations and dirty tricks. In reality, they often play a key role in making markets run smoothly. Votes: 1

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely. Votes: 1

I think commercials get a bad rap, that there's no creativity to them, but I haven't found that to be entirely true. The process of auditioning for them can be tedious, but actually doing them can be really fun. Votes: 1

I think young adults get a bad rap for being self-absorbed and self-centered. My experience going around the United States and speaking in schools is that teenagers here are very interested in the fate of their peers around the world. Votes: 1

I think being Shaquille O'Neal would be the most amazing thing. There's nothing I would have done differently in his life. Everything he's done I think is pretty spot on, even, like, the bad rap videos, the shoes, the movies, everything. Votes: 1

It's a joke to think that anyone is one thing. We're all such complex creatures. But if I'm going to be a poster child for anything, anger's a gorgeous emotion. It gets a bad rap, but it can make great changes happen. Votes: 1

I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets a bad rap; he's very misunderstood. He's a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers. Votes: 1

I'm a mother myself, and sometimes mothers get a bad rap just because they've tried to do their job. Some people have more of a knack for it than others do, but almost all of it falls to, 'My mother's suffocating me.' Whatever. Votes: 1

I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he was actually a person quite unlike what we now think of as Machiavellian. He was a republican. He disliked totalitarian government. Votes: 1

I think there's a lot of, unfortunately, unfunny ventriloquists out there, so they've got a bad rap. It came after Edgar Bergen because everybody had a little cheeky boy dummy like Charlie McCarthy, and everybody decided to become a ventriloquist because Bergen had popularized it. He brought it back from the doldrums of vaudeville. Votes: 1

Technology sometimes gets a bad rap because of certain consequences that it's had on the environment and unforeseen problems, but we shouldn't use it as an excuse to reject our tools; rather, we should decide that we need to make better tools to solve the problems caused by the initial tools in a progressive wave of innovation. Votes: 1

I love my city and I feel like the majority of the people that are in the city are people from other cities. So I think that L.A. sometimes might get a bad rap because it's known to be so Hollywood-oriented and then underneath that you have crime. But that's really the case in pretty much any major city that you go to. Votes: 1

Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap. Votes: 0

I think, British food, it's had a bad rap. Votes: 0

Moms in fiction and memoir get a bad rap." Votes: 0

I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad. Votes: 0

It's bad poetry executed by people that can't sing. That's my definition of Rap. Votes: 0

I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that. Votes: 0

I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else. Votes: 0

At least be a nice lesbian or you're going to give the rest a bad rap. Votes: 0

Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable. Votes: 0

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself. Votes: 0

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too. Votes: 0

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too Votes: 0

Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best. Votes: 0

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours. Votes: 0

I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism. Votes: 0

I understand the bad rap that 3-D is getting because the conversions are crappy and because the films aren't designed for 3-D. It's a completely different medium. Votes: 0

What's wrong with us isn't a rap sheet of bad deeds, but a damaged heart, a soul-sickness, that plunges us into fearful self-protection, alienation from God and others. Votes: 0

[Clowns] gotten a really bad rap in the last few years. People have really given into their own fears and have celebrated their fears in that way. American Horror Story didn't help. Votes: 0

I think unscripted variety television may or may not get a bad rap now, but it is a fabulous environment. It is exactly who I am, and there's so much creativity there to express. Votes: 0

I feel like science fiction can get a bad rap sometimes because people make something just to throw an alien in it or just to make it weird, and it doesn't really have a story. Votes: 0

Baseball players have such a bad rap of, like, 'We don't work out or we're not strong or this or that.' Guys work so hard in baseball, it's incredible. But people don't know that. Votes: 0