“A society is a group whose members have more relationships with one another then they do with outsiders.” GroupsMembersOutsiders Author:Carroll Quigley
“Institutionalized rejection of differences is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. As members of such an economy, we have all been programmed to respond to the human differences between us with fear and loathing and to handle that difference in one of three ways: ignore it, and if that is not possible, copy it if we think it is dominant, or destroy it if we think it is subordinate.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNeedsHumansThreeDifferencesEconomyMembersAbsolutesProfitHandleRejectionCopiesOutsidersDominantSubordinatesLoathingSurplusFear And LoathingThree Ways Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“When you are a member of an out-group, and you challenge others with whom you share this outsider position to examine some aspect of their lives that distorts differences between you, then there can be a great deal of pain.” PainChallengesDifferencesDealsGroupsSharePositionMembersAspectOutsidersSocial Change Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde
“I think that part of being a good journalist, part of being an awake member of the world youre in, is to view yourself as an outsider, and I always have, to some degree.” ThinkingWorldViewsMembersDegreesJournalistAwakeOutsiders Author:Mark Leibovich
“As members of a minority, one that was often persecuted, that entrepreneurial perspective was burnished with a sense of "outsider" status - so not only were we committed to finding our own way of achieving success, we also grew up to believe that we'd have to fight to get whatever we wanted.” WayBelieveWantedFightingAchievePerspectiveGrewMembersFindingsGrew UpCommittedMinoritiesOutsidersEntrepreneurialPersecutedAchieving Success Author:Lewis Schiff
“I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.” FeelsLiteratureFeltGroupsParticularMembersOutsiders Author:Anne Rice