Quotes About Belonging

At some point in our lives there's something about every one of us that makes us feel like an outsider, I believe.

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.

Crafts make us feel rooted, give us a sense of belonging and connect us with our history. Our ancestors used to create these crafts out of necessity, and now we do them for fun, to make money and to express ourselves.

When you're picking up and moving, it does create... well, I can sleep anywhere, which is really useful, it turns out, on movie sets. But what it really does is teach you how to adapt and change and fit into a new group or school, and that really is a lot like turning up to a new movie project and finding your place.

I'm creating art that can be healing. Art that can make you feel like you're not alone, like you're not an outsider. Art that is useful.

Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it's useful. I see myself as being without nationality, as a European: my region is Scotland; my nationality is European - isn't that a very Alex Salmond thing to say?

No Christian needs to feel lonely or useless.

Tribalism isn't a bad thing. If you're a Facebook user, or Twitter user or Foursquare user or LinkedIn user, those are all tribes... and they may even have sub-tribes. It's not pejorative, it's declarative.

When I was 6, I learned where I came from, which was one step removed from the usual circumstances. I was adopted.

I've lived all over the world, but Harlem is very special to me, and when I decided to open a restaurant near my home, I didn't want it to be business as usual.

I live in Utah.

I know guys in the league say, 'Oh yeah, I love X, Y, Z city.' But man, I genuinely love Utah.

Most of my family is still active in the Mormon Church. They live in Utah and Provo and Orem and Salt Lake City.

Coming back, Utah just felt like home.

Of course a trade with Utah would make me happy. I grew up there.

Every utopia - let's just stick with the literary ones - faces the same problem: What do you do with the people who don't fit in?

Home is pretty utopian.

I'm an utterly average, total geek.

Stuart Hall was an utterly unique figure. Although he arrived at the age of 19 from Jamaica and spent the rest of his life here, he never felt at home in Britain. This juxtaposition was a crucial source of his strength and originality. Because of his colour and origin, he saw the country differently - not as a native, but as an outsider.

In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure.

Kunta Kinte is NOT an American, and he utterly rejects that idea at every turn.

I'm still Elliott Yamin. I'm still the funky white Jewish boy from Richmond, Va.

I'm a Jew. I'm fascinated by our culture and our history, by what made us the people we are. It influences every breath I take. It informs and guides me. Without it, I'd just be a vacuum.

I am from a very vague caste. I don't belong to any of the four. I am kayastha. They are well read, largely clerks so they get treated respectfully.