I came to America, and I made good. It's an old story, but it hasn't been told in a long time. Usually,… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
My parents come from that immigrant culture that places a lot of emphasis on doing well scholastically. Being a comedian or an… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
One way to quantify the immigrant contribution to the overall economy is to measure their share of the U.S. economic output. One… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
On my father's side, I'm descended from immigrants, one of whom was a Syrian refugee from the Armenian genocide, and my mother… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I feel I have a responsibility to carry out the immigrant story, since it's one that I hold very dear to my… — Dania Ramirez Copy Share Image
That is a reward that humbles me: the fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a… — Do Won Chang Copy Share Image
For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
One of the West's singular migrations--from the Azores to California's Great Central Valley--is given faces and voices in Anthony Barcellos's new novel,… — Gerald Haslam Copy Share Image
“I was struck that morning, as I would occasionally be struck the entire time I was in India, by the notion that… — Sameer Parekh Copy Share Image
However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
If the immigrant is responsible for assimilation of the country, and some of these people are in fact are born there. But… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895,… — Vicente Fox Copy Share Image
I think of my father growing up in South Jersey, the son of second-generation German immigrant glassblowers. The opportunities for him of… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
In high school the very first job I got was I worked as a cashier in Burgerville, which is this fast food… — Nico Santos Copy Share Image
When you're an immigrant, you're at the bottom of the ladder. You might not be at the bottom of the ladder economically.… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
One of the biggest things immigrant kids oftentimes feel is this big disparity between our parents and us. And our parents are… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
As a young black immigrant at an inner-city school, I saw how poverty of ambition left many from disadvantaged backgrounds on the… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
In my immigrant family we revered Margaret Thatcher. She was aspiration personified. She understood what it took to smash the glass ceiling.… — Alok Sharma Copy Share Image
I was incredibly shy and insecure as a child. I was bullied. I was dyslexic. I had an immigrant single parent. I… — Kaya Scodelario Copy Share Image
Like Barack Obama's father, Trump's mother was an immigrant. But Trump doesn't often bring up his Scottish ancestry on the campaign trail. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
When you look at what's written under the Statue of Liberty, it's the immigrant story. It's about 'bring me your tired, your… — Daniel Dae Kim Copy Share Image
I am the executive director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, which is the country's only national immigrant rights organization for… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
I'm one of the millions of immigrant children, children of loneliness, wandering between worlds that are at once too old and too… — Anzia Yezierska Copy Share Image
Each employed immigrant has his or her place of work. It is only the taxi driver, forever moving on wheels, who occupies… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
Comedy is still alive, and there are still funny people. Jews are still overrepresented in comedy and psychiatry and underrepresented in the… — Robert Klein Copy Share Image
Not a single illegal immigrant should or need enter the United States, not one. Contrary to the common wisdom, the borders are… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I was an immigrant when I came, and one of my biggest things was I really wanted to fit in. I didn't… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I can't speak for everybody, and I don't want to say it for an entire culture, but for me, coming from an… — Lulu Wang Copy Share Image
I am white. I am Jewish. I am an immigrant. I am a Russian American. But until recently I haven't focused so… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
Depriving immigrant families of health care, healthy food, insurance, and antipoverty supports does not just hurt them. In the long term, it… — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
I teach kids to read on a Saturday for this charity called Real Action. It's a voluntary school because lots of the… — Rachael Stirling Copy Share Image
Sometimes my biography is interpreted as the upbringing of a French aristocrat. It was very, very different. We were a family of… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
My father was a taxidermist, not a run-of-the-mill profession for a West Indian immigrant. Having given up on becoming a vet, he… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
As a child, I grew up the son of German immigrant parents, so I grew up being teased and called 'Fritz' at… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Failure to deport aliens who are convicted for criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk - especially immigrant communities in the very… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
I am not a woman on Monday, an immigrant on Tuesday, a worker on Wednesday, and a mom on Thursday, I am… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant… — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
