Immigrant Quotes

192 quotes by 164 authors

Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America. — Jan Schakowsky
As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of… — Tom Vilsack
In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is… — Rick Warren
I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must… — Zinedine Zidane
The struggle is inner: Chicano, indio, American Indian, mojado, mexicano, immigrant Latino, Anglo in power, working class Anglo, Black, Asian--our psyches resemble the bordertowns and… — Gloria E. AnzaldÃºa
...despite all this, it is still hard to admit that there is no one more English than the Indian, no one more Indian than the… — Zadie Smith
Well, everyone, welcome to Shark Week. Oh that's on CBS and there's been a lot of cutbacks, so it's just Friday night for a couple… — Craig Ferguson
My stomach sank. JP had come so close. His immigrant parents had sacrificed so much. — John Green
You discover how confounding the world is when you try to draw it. You look at a car, and you try to see its car-ness,… — Shaun Tan
Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood… — Roberto Bolano
Those who are most sensitive about "politically incorrect" terminology are not the average black ghetto-dweller, Asian immigrant, abused woman or disabled person, but a minority… — Theodore Kaczynski
America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today,… — Harold Rosenberg
Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born,… — William J. Clinton
If you got up this morning and had fruits for breakfast, it was probably picked by the bent back of an immigrant worker. If you… — Bob Menendez
My father left Nazi Germany a year after Dr. Kissinger, and so in my household he was very much an icon. He was a kind… — Eugene Jarecki
Immigrant children are highly vulnerable. Their level of disadvantage and fragility has consistently grown due to factors outside their control. — Irwin Redlener
Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities. — Jim Goldberg
As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an early look at… — Michael Porter
In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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