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Identity Quotes

On finding out who you really are.

One quote here describes a lifelong search for identity as both a performer and a writer of songs, tied closely to the identity of the band itself. Another speaks more broadly of coming from a young country and continent whose own cultural identity is still taking shape.

It's hard enough to be a middle-school kid, because you're dealing with so many facets of your identity - you're changing socially, you're changing physically, you're changing emotionally, everything is in flux, and to put race on top of that...

Quotes by Rick Riordan

We understand that we, as a brand, have transcended a brand, and we are part of our cultural identity, and there's a responsibility that comes with that.

Quotes by Richelieu Dennis

Building brands and helping people figure out their identity - as far as a business identity and everything - was kind of my niche.

Quotes by Richard Rawlings

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

Quotes by Richard Grant

I'm a comedian who happens to be Muslim; my comedy stems on all forms of my identity.

Quotes by Riaad Moosa

I kind of have found my identity through the music, through the roots music of North Carolina, and kind of realized that that's my identity as a North Carolinian.

Quotes by Rhiannon Giddens

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

Quotes by Raymond Queneau

The Philippines, it might be said, is a country in search of an identity.

Quotes by Raymond Bonner

I dream of a free, democratic, peaceful Tunisia, a country that can protect its developing identity.

Quotes by Rashid al-Ghannushi

Of course, the idea that a robot can have a sexual identity is kind of an absurd one.

Quotes by Randy Pitchford

I felt very isolated with my identity virtually my entire life, that nobody really got it and that I didn't really have the personal agency to express it.

Quotes by Rachel Dolezal

When I started my career, I was faced with a challenge of making my own identity.

Quotes by Prosenjit Chatterjee

My identity, I felt, was so distinct. I felt very much like an outsider. My family didn't have the same rituals that everyone else seemed to have.

Quotes by Priscilla Chan

The turban is an inextricable part of the Sikh identity. Sikhs say you may take off their head but not the turban.

Quotes by Preneet Kaur

I'm responsible for what I say, and that is the identity for Prakash Raj.

Quotes by Prakash Raj

Each game in the postseason has its own identity.

Quotes by Peyton Manning

It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room.

Quotes by Peter Paige

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces France but is not controlled by France.

Quotes by Peter Mandelson

We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from.

Quotes by Penelope Lively

Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder.

Quotes by Paul Ricoeur

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection mean by "identity"?
It covers several different senses of the word - personal and professional identity (a musician "searching for my identity"), national and cultural identity, religious identity, and even the technical, regulatory sense of identity in banking. For more on this theme, see the Self quotes collection.
Is there a quote about identity in music?
Yes - one musician describes years of searching: "I feel like my whole life I've been searching for what I want to do, searching for my identity as a musician and a songwriter, and my band's identity."
Is there a quote about national or cultural identity?
Yes, one speaker describes their homeland as still forming its own sense of self: "I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised."
Does this collection touch on religious identity?
Yes - one quote is a personal statement of faith and heritage: "I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects." It's handled here simply as the speaker's own description of themselves.
Is "identity" used in a more technical or regulatory sense anywhere?
Yes, one quote calls for "more stringent KYC rules on customer identity" as part of broader banking-transparency reform - a reminder that "identity" also has a formal, legal meaning in finance.

A more personal reflection describes a deeply felt religious identity carried through years of community involvement, while an unrelated quote turns identity into a technical term inside banking rules for verifying customers. See our self quotes and pride quotes for related themes.