Quotes tagged ‘Belonging’

“I wanted them to know they belonged. I wanted that little girl that was inspired by all of us, in looking to all of us, I mean young people just driving, just saying thank you so much for running because I can see myself in you.”

— Rashida Tlaib, cbsnews.com

“We don't belong here? On the contrary, Herbert. I belong here completely and utterly. I'm home.”

— Nicholas Meyer, Karl Alexander, Steve Hayes, Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson, David Warner, imdb.com

“I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God...I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. If I could do or say anything that would give some kid that feeling, I would believe I had contributed something to the world.”

— Elvis Presley, graceland.com

“All I ever wanted is to belong.”

— Callie Kloves, Mowgli, Rohan Chand, imdb.com

“Being the mayor isn’t the job that’s lonely.”

— Greg Berlanti, Wendey Stanzler, Oliver Queen, Stephen Amell, imdb.com

“You are my always. And I just want the chance to be yours.”

— Rebecca Bellotto, Nolan Dunbar, Oliver Queen, Stephen Amell, imdb.com

“Oh, so you think darkness is your ally? But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man, by then to me it was only blinding. The shadows betray you because they belong to me.”

— Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Bane, Tom Hardy, imdb.com

“I never had a real house to grow up in. You know, home. I never belonged anywhere. And all my life, I was looking for that thing you know. Thinking that it was out there somewhere. That all I had to do was find it. But I think, maybe that home was us. It was you and me together in that stupid car ri…”

— Veena Sud, Sarah Linden, Mireille Enos, imdb.com

“I'm your fool.”

— Foo Fighters, open.spotify.com

“There’s a place in your mind no one can get to. A place that belongs only to you. No matter what they say, no matter what they do, no one can reach you there. Pain is a dream.”

— Martin Gero, Roman, Luke Mitchell, imdb.com

“I'm teaching you both that he doesn't belong.”

— David Shore, Dr. Neil Melendez, Nicholas Gonzalez, imdb.com

“Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV.”

— Tom Kauffman, Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Morty Smith (voice), Justin Roiland, imdb.com

“I love what my brown skin looks like and what it represents. And there are many times I’m fully unaware of my skin. The perfect example is I’m talking to somebody, and they would look at me and say, ‘So how do they do that in India?’ I say, ‘I’m not sure. I’m from Pakistan. But I can Google it for y…”

— Habiba Nosheen, allure.com

“I took an African-American studies class at Northwestern where we explored colorism; it was the first time I could put a name to feeling too light in the black community, too mixed in the white community. For castings, I was labeled ethnically ambiguous.”

— Meghan Markle, allure.com

“For people who have been on Reddit for years, the obtuseness is part of the appeal. It engenders a sense of belonging. If you can figure it out, you get to be part of the club.”

— Arielle Pardes, wired.com

“Every day it becomes more clear that I don't belong here. I'm certain now that Clay and Gemma are together. They barely try to hide it from me. Gemma hates my apathy. She hates all of me. Her chill is terrifying. I know my days are numbered Mo, and when these letters stop you can be certain my death…”

— Dave Erickson, Kurt Sutter, John Teller, Nicholas Guest, imdb.com

“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”

— Brené Brown, books.google.com

“This is why true belonging is a function of courage and vulnerability. Being who we are is about making brave choices. All day long.”

— Brené Brown, twitter.com

“True belonging doesn't require that we change who we are; it requires that we be who are.”

— Brené Brown, twitter.com

“nameless, adj.: The emptiness that devours even the words for it; the pit where you don't have the energy to find the walls.”

— David Levithan, twitter.com