Identity Quotes
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The national identity card scheme will give people confidence, convenience and security in an increasingly vital aspect ofmodern life - proving and protecting their identity. [He didn't say how] (Quote by - David Blunkett)
When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death. (Quote by - Dennis Quaid)
Identity may be termed as action which is conscious of itself. (Quote by - Jane Roberts as Seth)
It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity. (Quote by - Beatrice Webb)
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals. (Quote by - Don DeLillo)
I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are perceiving you. (Quote by - Nicole Kidman)
The sense of identity provides the ability to experience one's self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly. (Quote by - Erik H. Erikson)
Because every punter has to register full identity details to open an account with exchanges, and sign a declaration allowing the authorities access to that account, it is more likely that we are today seeing the results of this extra source of intelligence. [on scandals in betting] (Quote by - J A McGrath)
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. (Quote by - Woodrow Wilson)
Sense of identity provides the ability to experience one's self as something that has continuity and sameness, and to act accordingly. (Quote by - Erik H. Erikson)
I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested. (Quote by - Georg C. Lichtenberg)
Right before The Bourne Identity came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year. (Quote by - Matt Damon)
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. (Quote by - James Baldwin)
Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it. (Quote by - David Quammen )
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. (Quote by - Rollo May)
Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage. (Quote by - Carlo Ciampi)
Even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity. (Quote by - Camille Paglia)
A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity. (Quote by - Robert Louis Stevenson)
What then is personal identity? It is the persistence of certain defining characteristics in a very complex orderly society endowed with a preeminent linear society or "soul" (Quote by - Professor Hartshorne)
Man may be defined as the animal that can say "I," that can be aware of himself as a separate entity. (Quote by - Erich Fromm)
Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity. (Quote by - Erich Fromm)
Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity. (Quote by - Erich Fromm)
A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same. (Quote by - Djuna Barnes)
Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion. We believe that from ethics, enlightened self-interest, and the commonweal, our governance will emerge. (Quote by - John Perry Barlow)
Work is an essential part of being alive. Your work is your identity. (Quote by - Kay Stepkin)
I have preserved my identity, put its credibility to the test and defended my dignity. What good this will bring the world I don't know. But for me it is good. (Quote by - Vaclav Have )
Democrats are losing loyal voters, but the Republicans aren't picking them up. Democrats are ideologically bankrupt. Republicans have a major brand-identity problem (Quote by - Herman Cain)
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. (Quote by - Epictetus)
Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up. (Quote by - Camille Paglia )
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. (Quote by - Alan W. Watts)
I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you? (Quote by - Mary Pipher)
The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose. (Quote by - Richard R. Grant)
Buying the single on vinyl was a very tangible thing. You weren't only buying a song, you were also buying the artwork and a slice of identity and lifestyle. (Quote by - Nick Thorpe)
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
We have put over £2bn in the last three years into counter-terrorism and we are developing the electronic border surveillance and identity cards (Quote by - David Blunkett)
By writing I create an identity for myself. Without it I wouldn't feel being anybody, thus a personality. - It's not as much a question of self-expression as a need of finding yourself. (Quote by - Pentti Saarikoski)
Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really want to do. And that's why they're not successful. (Quote by - Lila Swell)
The best mirror is an old friend. (Quote by - George Herbert)
There is a powerful tension in our relationship to technology. We are excited by egalitarianism and anonymity, but we constantly fight for our identity. (Quote by - David Owens)
