Who We Are Quotations

Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are.

In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become.

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.

There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, I'm not critical of people individually. We are who we are.

Certain stories we carry with us, events in our life, they define who we are. It's not a matter of getting over anything; we have to make the best of it.

The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

In good relationships, we are happy to grow as the other person becomes part of us and who we are.

The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.

True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, its our own true nature.

When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what he did for us, we miss the gospel - and we, ironically, become more disobedient.

What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom.

I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are?

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone?

Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.

We all have two things in common, no matter who we are: We were born and we are going to die.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

I subscribe to William Faulkner's' view that history is not just about what we were before but who we are now.

Music is art, art is life, and we are who we are, and all of these aforementioned women, unless they should choose not to, will be performing well into the next many decades because they are great artists.

Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.

We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we've been denied, that we do deserve.

I find it irresponsible to go, 'She's an actress, what does she know?' That means if you're a dentist, what do you know? If you're a lawyer, what do you know? It's our profession, it's what we do. It's not who we are.

The point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering.

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

I think that we're all continually searching for who we are, and that's ever-evolving and changing.

Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.

I write about families. That is who we are.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for.

Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.

You know, after all these years, it's just like we are who we are and it's a struggle for me and sometimes I'm heavier and sometimes I'm thinner.

Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.

This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic.

Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are.

Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.

Everybody should be affected by their own realities in their own lives, their own struggles in their own lives. It makes us who we are, and we all know that.

It's about what happens on stage, whether we can deliver it in a hungry way that is who we are in our hearts.

Politics, nature, and what is happening all over the world is important to who we are and where we live.

I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party. That's not who we are and that's not who we should be we should be the pro-legal immigration party.

Social revolutions and group revolutions are good, and we need that, but we also need personal revolution - revolution within ourselves that change who we are as people.

Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.

Each generation, we peel back biases that have blinded those before us. The more we know about the past enables us to ask richer and more provocative questions about who we are today.

How can we know who we are and where we are going if we don't know anything about where we have come from and what we have been through, the courage shown, the costs paid, to be where we are?

I feel that history is in many ways the most important of all subjects because it is about everything and because it's about who we are and how we came to be the way we are.

We should draw on our story, we should draw on our history. If we don't know who we are, if we don't know how we became what we are, we're going to start suffering from all the obvious detrimental effects of amnesia.

the truth of who we are is innate goodness, and the whole journey is really about removing any obstacle or false belief that keeps us from knowing that

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

When God's Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it's no longer what we do - it's part of who we are.

What we do does not define who we are. What defines us is how well we rise after falling

I think that we should make the best of where we live and we all should be able to come back home to a place that is welcoming and represents who we are

What we wear is the shell of who we are.

What we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are — and who we will become.

If you look at all the notions we accept about who we are, you find that they are all based upon our perceptual experiences.

Privacy matters; privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be,

Sooner or later we've all got to confront the reality that we have got to come to understand who we are and what we're doing, and the extent to which we are guided or manipulated by forces that are beyond our control.

The task we all face as human beings ... is to find and become who we are. The task teachers face is to find their own way of teaching, one that manifests who they are.

Cinema serves as a constant reminder to us of who we are and what we are made of.

Don't go to eighth grade...don't talk about something old...don't bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.

There are multiple sides to all of us. Who we are - and who we might be if we follow our dreams

Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.

We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.

Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are.

What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Being rather than knowing requires showing up and letting ourselves be seen. It requires us to dare greatly, to be vulnerable.

What we know matters but who we are matters more.

When we see Christ for who He is He then tells us who we are.

Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.

No matter who we are or where we live, deep inside we all feel incomplete. It's like we have lost something and need to get it back. Just what that something is, most of us never find out. And of those who do, even fewer manage to go out and look for it.

I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.

And our dreams are who we are.

I have the belief that we are all created to be unique. We are supposed to be different and do those things that made us who we are.

We must be our own authentically unique truth, and question who we are, what created us, and what processes within us are alien and externally created.

The ultimate question of who we are is set before us at all times and answered with every action.

For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

What we do flows from who we are.

If the grape is made of wine, then perhaps we are the words that tell who we are

There is a light within each of us that can never be diminished or extinguished. It can only be obscured by forgetting who we are

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

Debt has become a part of who we are.

When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What's important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.

What we eat is the one simplest way to declare who we are - the table reflects our values with a clarity that few other theaters of human behaviour posses.

Every incarnation that we remember must increase our comprehension of ourselves as who we are.

Our books will bear witness for or against us, our books reflect who we are and who we have been, our books hold the share of pages granted to us from the Book of Life. By the books we call ours we will be judged

I like movies that instill passion in the viewer. I like movies that can teach us about who we are as people.

We are meant to discover our authentic nature-the state of being in which we are inspired by ourselves, turned on, lit up, and excited about who we are.

It's our flaws who make us who we are.

We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then we become bitter and isolated as we age.

It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we are? Do we understand the factors that make us do the things we do?

Relationships unlock certain parts of who we are supposed to be.

Enemies may seek our destruction, but they also keep us on our toes and often help us figure out who we are and what we stand for.

Inside us there is a word we cannot pronounce, and that is who we are.

But regardless of our circumstances, they do not define us - not unless we give in and let them. Circumstances never determine who we are; they reveal who we are.

We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are…Or we can decide for ourselves.

Bugs is who we want to be. Daffy is who we are.

Death is part of who we are. It guides us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end

He was onto something. Something huge. It wasn't just how to run; it was how to live, the essence of who we are as a species and what we're meant to be.

Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.