Herman Melville Quotes

Neither my father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, great grandfather or great grandmother, nor any other relation that I know of, or care a farthing for, has been in England these one hundred and fifty years; so that you see I have not one drop of blood in my veins but what is American.

Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds.

My mother is an American.

Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.

Actually, the reason I look like this is because my father was from Sweden and my mother was Elton John.

I'm no Armenian. I'm an American. Well, the truth is I am both and neither. I love Armenia and I love America and I belong to both, but I am only this: an inhabitant of the earth, and so are you, whoever you are. I tried to forget Armenia but I couldn't do it.

I'm basically a homegrown American.

I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.

I really do feel part of America to my very bones; at the same time, I know that I come from somewhere else.

I'll be a Quebecker-Canadian. I'm from Quebec, and every time I go to a country, I say that. It's my roots, my origins, and it's the most important thing to me.

So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.

I don't know much about my family history except that my father had straight black hair and his ancestors probably came from India.

Nationality is a very curious thing. The blood is Scots and the temperament is Scots, but I am, in fact, 100% American.

My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here.

I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.

The land was ours before we were the land’s She was our land more than a hundred years Before we were her people ...

Nationhood is not founded on religion but blood ties, a common culture and homeland.

I am very proud of my Australian roots.

I think a lot of Americans forget that they are not originally from here, that somebody in their past was a refugee.

My whole identity comes from Pakistan.

I've lived all my life in the U.S., but to be brutally honest, I don't really have any ties to the country apart from my mum and dad. Most of the rest of my family live in the Stockport area, and I've always related more to that side of my background.

My family came from Spain in 1725, and if people want to consider me Hispanic, they can, but I didn't advertise that way, and I'm an American first.

Nobody can send me to Pakistan. India is my country, and I love my country. Five generations of my family have lived and died on this land, and even my children will live in this country because this is my homeland.

My mother is from Chennai, and I have a lot of relatives here.

This is our home and this is our country. Beneath its soil lie bones of our fathers; for it some of them fought, bled, and died. Here we were born and here we will stay.