--- title: "10 Immigrant Story Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Immigrant Story quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Immigrant Story sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/tom-suozzi-6218_big_my-father-s-immigrant-story-is-a-big-par_45984.jpg" --- > [My father's immigrant story is a big part of who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-suozzi/my-father-s-immigrant-story-is-a-big-part-of-who-i-am/) [Tom Suozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-suozzi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/tom-suozzi-6218_big_my-father-s-immigrant-story-is-a-big-par_45984.jpg) > [It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-estefan/it-s-a-universal-story-it-s-an-immigrant-story-and-it-s-a-love-story/) [Gloria Estefan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-estefan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/gloria-estefan-2160_believe_it-s-a-universal-story-it-s-an-immigrant_1335648.png) > [America's story is largely an immigrant story. That hasn't changed since the Pilgrims ate their first turkey some four hundred years ago,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lam/america-s-story-is-largely-an-immigrant-story-that-hasn-t-changed/) [Andrew Lam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/andrew-lam-21834_america_america-s-story-is-largely-an-immigrant_864844.jpg) > [I feel I have a responsibility to carry out the immigrant story, since it's one that I hold very dear to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dania-ramirez/i-feel-i-have-a-responsibility-to-carry-out-the-immigrant-story-since/) [Dania Ramirez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dania-ramirez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/dania-ramirez-17105_heart_i-feel-i-have-a-responsibility-to-carry_1342405.png) > [That experience of losing home, longing for home, that yearning for meaning and rootedness and identity in a floating world, it's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lam/that-experience-of-losing-home-longing-for-home-that-yearning-for/) [Andrew Lam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/andrew-lam-21834_floating_that-experience-of-losing-home-longing-f_879600.jpg) > [My story is an immigrant story. My story is of people moving from one country thousands of miles away to another and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lenny-henry/my-story-is-an-immigrant-story-my-story-is-of-people-moving-from-one/) [Lenny Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lenny-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/lenny-henry-4682_family_my-story-is-an-immigrant-story-my-story_1707750.png) > ['The Immigrant Story,' which took me about twenty-five years to write, was a very simple story, but I couldn't think of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about-twenty-five-years-to-write/) [Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/grace-paley-3243_about_the-immigrant-story-which-took-me-about_2779361.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-dae-kim/when-you-look-at-what-s-written-under-the-statue-of-liberty-it-s-the/) [Daniel Dae Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-dae-kim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/daniel-dae-kim-17801_immigrant_when-you-look-at-what-s-written-under-th_2109342.jpg) > [I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/i-have-an-immigrant-story-most-people-come-here-for-economic-reasons/) [Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/jacques-p-pin-15599_america_i-have-an-immigrant-story-most-people-co_1107130.jpg) > [Just classic immigrant story - I mean, child of immigrant story - did not grow up with cable and so felt constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bowen-yang/just-classic-immigrant-story-i-mean-child-of-immigrant-story-did-not/) [Bowen Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bowen-yang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a2/bowen-yang-10885_children_just-classic-immigrant-story-i-mean-chil_2896151.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immigrant-story/#itemlist", "name": "Immigrant Story Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My father's immigrant story is a big part of who I am.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Suozzi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-suozzi/my-father-s-immigrant-story-is-a-big-part-of-who-i-am/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/tom-suozzi-6218_big_my-father-s-immigrant-story-is-a-big-par_45984.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/tom-suozzi-6218_big_my-father-s-immigrant-story-is-a-big-par_45984.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/tom-suozzi-6218_big_my-father-s-immigrant-story-is-a-big-par_45984.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My father's immigrant story is a big part of who I am.” — Tom Suozzi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. 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