Expectations Quote by Tilda Swinton

I'm interested in how identity is transient. How do we know who we really are, when different situations and environments dictate how we behave?…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I feel I've always been writing about self-identity. How do we become who we are? So I'm just writing from experience what's concerned me.

— Amy Tan

Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts.

— Jack Kornfield

“Our personal identities are socially situated. We are where we live, eat, work, and make love. [...] Our sense of identity is in large…

— Philip G. Zimbardo

Your identity should be determined by you, yourself and your definition of your own values, goals, preferences and personality.

— Senora Roy

I've never thought of myself in terms of an identity. I'm always baffled when I encounter someone who gives the impression about being confident…

— Hisham Matar

“Social scientists sometimes talk about the concept of "identity". It is the idea that you have a particular vision of the kind of person…

— Steven D. Levitt

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your…

— Sia

Every one of us at some point in our lives has had the struggle with identity.

— Henry Golding

As far as all of our identities are dependent on how other people imagine us we are all making ourselves and each other up…

— John Green

“Stop worrying about your identity and concern yourself with the people you care about, ideas that matter to you, beliefs you can stand by,…

— Zadie Smith

I don't know if there is a personal identity. We all imagine that we are absolute individuals. But when we begin to look for…

— John Banville