(732 quotes found)
“Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.”
David Quammen
“Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.”
Ambrose Bierce
“Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self, in which case, it is best that the garment be loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which one's nakedness can always be felt, and, sometimes, discerned.”
James Arthur Baldwin
“If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.”
Bill Nelson
“Anybody who has an identity problem had better wise up and get with the program!”
Jack Handy
“Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.”
Stephen R. Covey
“From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.”
Carl Schurz
“I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee...”
Bella Abzug
“...colleges being nothing but grooming schools for the middleclass non-identity which usually finds its perfect expression on the outskirts of the campus in rows of well-to-do houses with lawns and television sets is each living room with everybody looking at the same thing and thinking the same thing at the same time while the Japhies of the world go prowling in the wilderness...”
Jack Kerouac
“The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals. Strength enters just as much as the moral element prevails.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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