Immigrant Quotes

192 quotes by 164 authors

Of great interest to students and teachers of immigrant history as well as to those of Polish descent. — Unknown Author
Gary Shteyngart has written a memoir for the ages. I spat laughter on the first page and closed the last with wet eyes. Un-put-down-able in… — Mary Karr
All human populations are in some sense immigrants. All hostility between different cultures in one place has an aspect of the classic immigrant grudge against… — Neal Ascherson
We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this… — Theresa May
America is also the nameless foreigner, the homeless refugee, the hungry boy begging for a job and the black body dangling on a tree. America… — Carlos Bulosan
In Paris, friend of Bequerelâ€™s, a young physicist-chemist couple named Pierre and Marie Curie, began to scour the natural world for even more powerful chemical… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of… — Dominic Chianese
Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Polish immigrant forced to settle… — Ruby Wax
I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And… — Mona Sahlin
I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didnt want… — Suheir Hammad
We should embrace our immigrant roots and recognize that newcomers to our land are not part of the problem, they are part of the solution. — Roger Mahony
In a groundbreaking move, the Associated Press, the largest news-gathering organization in the World, will no longer use the term 'illegal immigrant'. They will now… — Jay Leno
First-generation children were strongly influenced by their immigrant parents approach to choice. For them, choice was not just a way of defining and asserting their… — Sheena Iyengar
Our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new… — Marc Prensky
Put any two people together and each will seek ways of feeling superior to the other. If a ship went down in the Pacific and… — Michael Foley
All physical and economic tests that may be devised are worthless if the immigrant, through racial or other inherently antipathetic conditions, cannot be more or… — Boies Penrose
I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, theyâ€™ve made me feel like a human being… — Gary Shteyngart
If I had the opportunity to speak to a young immigrant girl that just arrived to the U.S. the advice I would have for her… — Jenni Rivera
I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing… — Bernard Baruch
Herman Cain is probably well-liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party, conservative movement and tea party… — Janeane Garofalo

Who Wrote These Immigrant Quotes

164 authors contributed a total of 192 Immigrant Quotes, led by these top contributors: