Quotes About Belonging

I'm a science fiction geek from birth - that's just who I am.

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

Mankind without Earth is Humanity without a Home

None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.

As one climbs up the ladders in society, one starts feeling more and more like an owner, less like a member of it.

It's that tingle in my stomach, that lump in my throat and that smile on my face that tell me I am part of an incredible team.

No mommy's kisses and no daddy's smile. Nobody wants me, I'm nobody's child.

I'm just saying, 'Hey, throw me a bone. How about a smile, cute t-shirt? Look at me.' Nothing - unless it's a turn to their friends to go, 'Hey, why is that weird guy looking at us?'

I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'

I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.'

I laugh with them because it is one of the worst things to be in a room full of people and not laughting when everybody else is.

You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.

Children do not constitute anyone's property: they are neither the property of their parents nor even of society. They belong only to their own future freedom.

No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us.

You want society to accept you; but you can't even accept yourself.

Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor anyone in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe.

No matter how far society "progresses," our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.

As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.

I think it has a terrible impact when you don't see yourself reflected in the society because then you get the feeling you don't belong.

You can't build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging.

The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique.

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

I don't understand racism. I have many black friends and many others have been my opponents. Respect is basic. Unfortunately racism is a social problem, and football belongs to society.

We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging.