Outsiders Quotes

271 Outsiders quotes by 247 unique authors

The most important truths always appear first as blasphemies or obscenities. That's why every great innovator is persecuted. And the sacraments look obscene, too, to… — Robert Anton Wilson
I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men. — H P Lovecraft
I've always been an ironic dreamer, unfaithful to my inner promises. Like a complete outsider, a casual observer of whom I thought I was, I've… — Fernando Pessoa
Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort. — Anne Rice
We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all… — Desmond Tutu
Nice plan. Take the gullible outsiders, walk them around for a bit, then feed them to the giant tortoise. — Ilona Andrews
Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of the… — Brian Friel
As I glanced at the phraseology of the research report, dull and unfathomable to outsiders like me, I thought that if you have the ambition… — Jon Ronson
When I look at the Abnegation lifestyle as an outsider, I think it’s beautiful. When I watch my family move in harmony; when we go… — Veronica Roth
You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I… — S E Hinton
Families aren't easy to join. They're like an exclusive country club where membership makes impossible demands and the dues for an outsider are exorbitant. — Erma Bombeck
Once again she would arrive at a foreign place. Once again be the newcomer, an outsider, the one who did not belong. She knew from… — Laura Esquivel
The world is not made of countries and outsiders. We are all just humans, and most of us fools and all of us longing for… — Catherynne M. Valente
A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between married people is… — Catherynne M. Valente
But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along. — Darren Shan
What does all this mean finally, I kept asking like a college kid. Why does it make me want to cry? Maybe it’s that we… — Anne Rice
The same applies to any artist; we are the tools and instruments of our talent. We are outsiders; we have no place in society because… — William Trevor
Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell… — Colin Wilson
Being an outsider to some extent, someone who does not "fit in" with others or is rejected by them for whatever reason, makes life difficult,… — Eckhart Tolle
Suddenly it wasn't only a personal thing to me. I could picture hundreds and hundreds of boys living on the wrong sides of cities, boys… — S E Hinton
I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have. — John Irving
I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone to… — Bat for Lashes
When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls who in some… — Jesmyn Ward
When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it. — Bill Gates
Like many great world faiths, Mormonism has an important strand of sacred mystery. Mormon temples have traditionally been closed to outsiders and designed with opaque… — Noah Feldman

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