Transnational Identity Quotes

I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.

More and more, the choice for the world's people is between becoming world warriors or world citizens.

I'm very much half-American - my mom is American. I grew up in Australia until I was 16, then I finished high school over here because I got into this performing arts high school.

I have a very powerful sense of place, but I have a very powerful sense of being a migrant, so it's both. It seems like I'm always leaving my home. That's part of the formula. I love the Dominican Republic. I go back all the time. I love New Jersey. Go back all the time.

As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too.

I think I'm a global citizen. My parents came from China, were educated in France and emigrated to the United States. And I think that opened up my mind to be able to live and work anywhere.

Six years after al-Awlaki was born, his family moved back to Yemen, but he returned to the States for college and remained there for much of his adult life.

Because I don't belong entirely to Britain or the U.S. or India or Japan, I build my foundations in some way deeper than mere passports, and more in the light of where I'm going than of "where I come from."

Don't think I am not homesick for America. I say 'homesick' advisedly because I am a man with two homes - America, which gave me hospitality for many happy years, and where my daughter was born; and my native England.

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.

My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.

My dad is actually from Ghana in West Africa, and I was actually born in Ghana, too, and came to the United States when I was two years old. It's always football over there, soccer, but becoming a Massachusetts native, you can't help but get sucked into all the sports.

I've gone across that border many times. My son was born in the United States; he is also a Mexican-American with the two passports.

Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.

My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.

Spending years between America and Israel, I have gained a global view, and the planet is my home.

As a global citizen, I sometimes feel like denying my identity.

Madrid is what I call home, but also the States.

I might live in Manhattan or Edinburgh or Cardiff. I think of myself as without nationality.

Damnit! Nationalism should stop at the stratosphere!

The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country.

My parents were born abroad. I was born in France, but I feel comfortable everywhere - I don't see the borders.

I am actually a resident of three worlds - of America, of India, and of Africa. I live in Uganda most of the year. It's extraordinary to have that worldview that is an expansive one rather than just looking at the world from where you sit.

I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. I left when I was three. My parents went to Miami, and that's where I grew up.