Outsider Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old outsider quotes, outsider sayings, and outsider proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Strangers are endearing because you don't know them yet. Dejan Stojanovic
When immigrants go into the worse neighborhood and they fix it up, they should become citizens. Greg Gutfeld
Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure. Epicurus
Immigrants are going back where they came. If they came from a certain country, they are going to be brought back to their country. That's the way it's supposed to be Donald Trump
A stranger is someone with whom you feel strange. Robert Mandel
He felt like an outsider. He felt angry, and he felt his brilliance was being overlooked. And he felt much smarter than the people around him. David Vise
The feeling of being an outsider, and the identity theme, are hardwired into me. If there's anything really autobiographical in my fiction, it's that feeling. I always feel that way. Dan Chaon
In a sea of strangers, you've longed to know me. Your life spent sailing to my shores. Lang Leav
Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have. Diane Abbott
When you're an outsider, you don't have loyalties to anyone, so you can be cruelly honest if need be. The more you get inside, the more you are involved in polite networks of professional coercion that make people less honest. Molly Crabapple
An outsider's point of view is always handy. Pat Oliphant
Each stranger is like an unexplored continent whose depths you want to explore before you plant your flag in his heart. Chloe Thurlow
Strangers take a long time to become acquainted, particularly when they are from the same family. M.E. Kerr
Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common. Alice Hoffman
Outsider. You do what you want, say what you want, and move on when you've worn out your welcome. Sophia Amoruso
For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile Alice McDermott
No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider. Banana Yoshimoto
An outsider can see some things much better. Anil Kapoor
Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another. Ambrose Bierce
Outsider means I will accept the possibility that I don't have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain. Aleksandar Hemon