Quotes About Roots

I am half Bengali and half Irish by birth.

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

People know I'm from Ireland or have Irish roots.

My mom's family was 100 percent Irish, in the American way of being Irish, and then my dad was half Irish.

I'm from an Irish Catholic family.

It's ironic that no matter where I go, I meet people from Brooklyn. I'm proud of that heritage. It's where I'm from, who I am.

I don't think that it's ever irrelevant to know where you came from, to know your history, and to improve upon your history.

I'm from Kingston, R.I., sort of on the University of Rhode Island campus - on the margins of that, actually.

My wife and I live in Brooklyn, N.Y., not too far from where my Long Island childhood happened.

My mother's side of the family, they're from Montserrat in the Leeward Islands.

We should not ignore or isolate our roots, no matter where we stay.

When my grandchildren are older and my great-grandchildren start growing up, first of all, I want them to be in Israel. I don't want them to leave the country because they have no choice.

I'm Scottish. Both my parents were born there, but I'm very proud of my Italian heritage as well.

My parents could not be more Italian.

The secret is that I am Italian.

My mother is Brazilian, and her grandfather was Italian.

I cherish my beautiful Italian heritage.

I'm Italian.

I'm proud of my Italian roots, and I've always believed that I would get the chance to fight for the belt.

My name is an Italian name because my father is an Italian and my mother is Indian.

My mom is Italian, and her whole family still lives in Italy. My dad is Australian, and his family lives in Australia, so we were raised there.

We have very strong roots in Italy and we are committed to deepen these roots even more.

Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that?

I can't really live outside Jamaica. I can be away, but only for a while.