Identity Quote by Erving Goffman

“But a person doesn’t need experience or knowledge of something to have opinions about it. It turns out all they need for that are…

— Joseph Fink

“A man has as many social selves as there are distinct groups of persons about whose opinion he cares. He generally shows a different…

— William James

“Many of us have been disconnected with our own individualities, our true individualities.”

— Patricia Dsouza

“Every person is different. Yet often, those differences are not understood or valued by others.”

— H. Norman Wright

“I've found that people's generalizations are largely illuminating about themselves.”

— Lionel Shriver

“To those who can’t be their self because society has a different expectation of normal.”

— Marie James

“Each of us has his or her own distinct personality. But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Other people are only aspects of our own greater being.”

— Doug Dillon

“they found it easier to reject what they could not have than to admit the lack of it as a deficiency in themselves.”

— Richard Hofstadter

"I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to…

— Lisa Alther

“I only have one prejudice, and that is against those who are prejudiced.”

— Anonymous

“Very few people are able to discount the effect of circumstances upon their own characters.”

— Bertrand Russell