Outsider Quotes

204 quotes by 191 authors

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You… — Lauren Bacall
Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie… — Russell Baker
Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within. — Phyllis Bottome
I always felt like an outsider growing up. In school, I felt like I never fit in. But it didn't help when my mother, instead… — Margaret Cho
I became a script writer with absolutely no idea of how to write a script whatsoever. I still feel a bit of an outsider in… — Nick Cave
I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the fact that you… — Nick Cave
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an… — Madonna Ciccone
The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the… — Nhat Hanh
In our native terms, the ironic style is often compounded with the sardonic and the hard-boiled; even the effortlessly superior. But irony originates in the… — Christopher Hitchens
My theory is that everyone at one time or another has been at the fringe of society in some way: an outcast in high school,… — Alice Hoffman
It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an… — Vincent Van Gogh
Race doesn't mean what it used to in America anymore. It just doesn't. Obama's black, but he's not black the way people used to define… — Louis C. K.
I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider. — Kristen Johnston
As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider. — Shawn Ashmore
I've always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess. — Robert Downey, Jr.
I felt like I was an outsider. I think what happened to me made me develop this street sense of watching people and working out… — Tobey Maguire
I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider. — Robert Crumb
I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider. — Jon Heder
I never felt cool growing up. I was a bit of an outsider, but I discovered theatre very early on, which got me through. — Eric McCormack
I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian. — Paul Merton

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