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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.

We don't use the trademark to market anything. It's our identity.

Quotes by Larry Harvey

It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?

Quotes by Lakshmi Mittal

History is of all subjects the one which is most engaged with people’s perceptions of themselves, identity, politics, all those things which shape the modern world.

Quotes by Kwasi Kwarteng

Each driver has their own identity and from one week to another, normally it stays the same.

Quotes by Kurt Busch

Bruce Wayne is Batman. He became Batman the instant his parents were murdered. Batman needs Bruce, however hollow that identity feels to him from time to time. Bruce keeps Batman human.

Quotes by Kevin Conroy

When I was 13 and looking for my identity, I was obsessed with hippies.

Quotes by Kerli

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Quotes by Kenneth L. Pike

With artists of my own generation there was at first no group identity - and never a clique.

Quotes by Kenneth Noland

Each and every Notary Public plays a crucial role in combating identity theft. They serve as our front line of defense and the public is safer because of the job they do.

Quotes by Ken Salazar

My identity and my background still remain with me when I go to a foreign country. I have kept my nationality.

Quotes by Ken Watanabe

The same time I'm designing my collection, I'm also designing my store. It has to have brand awareness, an identity. I'm also designing the racks and the hangers, and juggling a lot of things.

Quotes by Kelly Wearstler

My whole thing with the whole weight situation is - it is what it is. It's never been my identity.

Quotes by Katy Mixon

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

Quotes by Kate Millett

I started my own zine, and riot grrrl became a huge part of my identity.

Quotes by Kate Nash

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.

Quotes by Karen Armstrong

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

Quotes by Karen Armstrong

To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics.

Quotes by Kapil Sibal

There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.

Quotes by Judith Butler

Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country.

Quotes by Juan Goytisolo

Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.

Quotes by Joshua Ferris

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.