Quotes About Individuality

Shine bright, be yourself.

She had not expected, out in the world, to find herself quite so much the wrong sort of person.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.

As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are.

History will dictate what my legacy is. And 'maverick' is fine, because I am.

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)

[The Fuhrer] is one of those lonely men of the ages on whom history is not tested, but who themselves are the makers of history.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

There is no history, only histories.

It is best to erase all personal history because that would make us free from the encumbering thoughts of other people

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

I couldn't say who I am, I haven't the remotest notion of myself; I am someone without antecedents, without a history, without a country, and on that I insist!

Each brain is exposed to different circumstances. It's very likely that your brain is unique in the history of the universe.

If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world.

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

It is a very personal thing to me, because this is my basic voice, this is where I come from, and it is one of the oldest voice styles in human history.

It takes all sorts to make a world - saints as well as soldiers.

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

I enjoy doing different kinds of things. I just enjoy being not tied too much. I feel that I'm tied to myself as a kind of traditional musician and a singer, and the history that I have ties me down.

Fischer prefers to enter Chess history alone

I have no history but the length of my bones.

You have a one of a kind gift to offer this world, and you are unique in the entire history of creation.

I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.