Quotes by Identity The priest therefore saw what the anchorite could not. That God needs no witness. Neither to himself nor against. The truth is rather that if there were no God then there could be no witness for there could be no identity to the world but only each man's opinion of it. The priest saw that there is no man who is elect because there is no man who is not. To God every man is a heretic. Cormac McCarthy identitymenneeds Now, at a moment when photography is so pervasive that it's been forced to grapple with its own identity and look inward, it feels like a natural moment for painting to look out, to reclaim that directive of picturing America. Cynthia Daignault photographyidentityamerica I wouldn't have ever travelled so many of the wrong roads if I really knew God and who He really was too me and to the world. My identity would have been rooted in the truth of who He created me to be instead of rooted in figuring out who I was in all the wrong places and with many of the wrong people; especially guys. Cynthia Garrett guyidentitypeople Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French. Cyril Cusack theatreidentityworld The actor has a constant problem of personal identity. Cyril Cusack growthactorsidentity If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity. Dalai Lama others-opinionsself-esteemidentity Reality is devoid of any intrinsic identity that can be captured by any one single proposition - that is what Buddha meant by "voidness." Dalai Lama propositionsidentityreality Citizens often think of a state's interests in terms of the promotion of ideals such as democracy, a particular way of life, or other values which they endorse or see as part of their historical continuity and identity. In this domain as in others values are not fixed, and so a state's interests are dynamic and in a constant state of negotiation and construction. Dale Jamieson historicalidentitythinking Is it in the interests of Britain to leave or remain in the EU? As we saw in the referendum, there are different Britains and they see their interests in different ways. For a lot of everyday blokes the EU affected their sense of identity in ways they disliked, and they were right in thinking that the EU didn't return much to them by way of economic benefits. Dale Jamieson everydayidentitythinking In this era of globalization we are witnessing struggles within individual states about what their identity and interests consist in. Dale Jamieson erasidentitystruggle Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that's why people struggle with them so. Dallas Willard identitystrugglepeople Fiction is fun because you get to steal an identity and try to make it authentic. Dan Chaon identityfuntrying The feeling of being an outsider, and the identity theme, are hardwired into me. If there's anything really autobiographical in my fiction, it's that feeling. I always feel that way. Dan Chaon identityfeelingsfiction I knew I wanted to play around with genre-esque imagery, and the identity theft stuff came in the middle, when I was figuring out how the characters were connected to those images. Dan Chaon identityplaycharacter The contortions and games of identity that politicians play on themselves almost everyday is kind of extraordinary. Trump, for instance, speaks like a five-year-old in these vague generalities but then also makes out that he's an expert on everything; he's trying to have his cake and eat it. He's someone who is pretending that he's for the working person but comes from this enormously privileged background. Dan Fox everydayidentitytrying If we have no identity apart from our jobs, we are truly vulnerable. Dan Miller vulnerableidentityjobs Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one's immortality... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful. Dan Simmons acidtestsidentity To speak from a particular place and time is not provincialism but part of a writer's identity. Dana Gioia particularspeakidentity I am, it seems, interested in people with multiple identities. I think we all have multiple identities. Dana Spiotta identitypeoplethinking I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else. Daniel Day-Lewis identityselfbelieve«7891011121314151617»
