There’s a lot of wisdom to be gleaned from those who have “been there, done that.” That’s why we’ve compiled some of the best outsider quotes for entrepreneurs. From successful business owners and leaders, to world-renowned experts and thinkers, these quotes will help motivate and inspire you as you start and grow your own business.
The best outsider quotes
1. Donald Trump is a genuine outsider. — Rush Limbaugh
2. I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider. — Vivienne Westwood
3. Dust motes swirled in the air like tiny orbs of rainbows. — Micalea Smeltzer, Outsider
4. When you feel like an outsider–for whatever reason–you spend a lot of time alone. — Meg Cabot
5. I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I’m not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I’m the odd one out, the outsider. — Willem Dafoe
6. And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you’re inside. — Stephen King
7. And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you’re inside. — Stephen King
8. As to describing me as an outsider throughout, and an outsider through and through–I have no reason to disagree. — Zygmunt Bauman
9. Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame. — Ville Valo
10. Even the most self–confident people, at one point of their lives, felt like outsiders or felt like they weren’t being heard or seen or witnessed in some way. — Steve Carell
11. I’ve always been an outsider; a displaced person. — Siobhan Fahey
12. Hate yearned to destroy and sought to forget, but love could not. Love strove creatively towards days that had yet to come. — Richard Wright, The Outsider
13. I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider. — Vivienne Westwood
14. The Outsiders] was very competitive, in the best possible way. Full of love, full of companionship and fellowship, pranks and practical jokes and ball–busting. — Rob Lowe
15. The West Wing and The Outsiders are the gifts that keep on giving. — Rob Lowe
16. That’s what we [outsiders] feel America is really about–the kind of crazed ravings of the Christian right–when it’s probably something quite different. — Nick Cave
17. As long as one can think as an outsider, an observer apart from the conflict, there is hope for a resolving thought. — R. N. Prasher
18. I’d rather be an outcast than to be inside feeling like an outsider. — Peprah Boasiako
19. I’ve always straddled a weird line–there’s a lot of mainstream stuff that I love. At the same, I still feel like an outsider. I’m the outsider who’s on the inside. — Zooey Deschanel
20. He ended up being tHe only one who could do a backflip. it is in tHe movietHe outsidersfor no reason, He runs out of tHe house and does a backflip for no reason. just to do it. — Rob Lowe
21. I’d rather be an outcast than to be inside feeling like an outsider. — Peprah Boasiako
22. In Milwaukee last month a man died laughing over one of his own jokes. That’s what makes it so tough for us outsiders. We have to fight home competition. — Robert Benchley
23. I find myself changing my entire lifestyle every three years or so, and I’m comfortable in being an outsider. I have grown up like that. — Poorna Jagannathan
24. He ended up being tHe only one who could do a backflip. it is in tHe movietHe outsidersfor no reason, He runs out of tHe house and does a backflip for no reason. just to do it. — Rob Lowe
25. Dust motes swirled in the air like tiny orbs of rainbows. — Micalea Smeltzer, Outsider
26. When you succeed, everyone wants to be part of it; but when you fail everyone seems outsider. — M.F. Moonzajer
27. As to describing me as an outsider throughout, and an outsider through and through–I have no reason to disagree. — Zygmunt Bauman
28. I think you only really feel like an outsider if you’ve been an insider. — Sade Adu
29. Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish? — Paul Lynde
30. To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners. — Roberto Clemente
31. I always felt an outsider. — J. K. Rowling
32. I’m a catalyst for change. You can’t be an outsider and be successful over 30 years without leaving a certain amount of scar tissue around the place. — Rupert Murdoch
33. Absolute power is corrupting — Richard Wright, The Outsider
34. I always felt an outsider. — J. K. Rowling
35. Hate yearned to destroy and sought to forget, but love could not. Love strove creatively towards days that had yet to come. — Richard Wright, The Outsider
36. I know always that I am an outsider — a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
37. I’ve always been an outsider; a displaced person. — Siobhan Fahey
38. To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners. — Roberto Clemente
39. I find myself changing my entire lifestyle every three years or so, and I’m comfortable in being an outsider. I have grown up like that. — Poorna Jagannathan
40. I’ve always straddled a weird line–there’s a lot of mainstream stuff that I love. At the same, I still feel like an outsider. I’m the outsider who’s on the inside. — Zooey Deschanel
41. I was in ‘The Outsiders, ‘ which was a good launching pad for me, but ‘The Karate Kid’ sent me into a different stratosphere. — Ralph Macchio
42. Even the most self–confident people, at one point of their lives, felt like outsiders or felt like they weren’t being heard or seen or witnessed in some way. — Steve Carell
43. I sort of refuse to be an outsider, even though I know that I very much look like one to a lot of people, and I refuse to view myself in such terms. — Mindy Kaling
44. And when there are enough outsiders together in one place, a mystic osmosis takes place and you’re inside. — Stephen King
45. Only man has become an outsider–and because of his own efforts. On his own, he has separated himself from existence. — Rajneesh
46. Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. Anyone who lives inside the US can never be considered an outsider anywhere in the country — Martin Luther King Jr.
47. Hate yearned to destroy and sought to forget, but love could not. Love strove creatively towards days that had yet to come. — Richard Wright, The Outsider
48. I find myself changing my entire lifestyle every three years or so, and I’m comfortable in being an outsider. I have grown up like that. — Poorna Jagannathan
49. The world of most men is given to them by their culture.. — Richard Wright, The Outsider
50. The establishment isn’t new. The establishment not wanting outsiders, not wanting conservatives, isn’t anything new. — Rush Limbaugh
Conclusion
In conclusion, it is evident that everyone has their own take on what it means to be an outsider. Whether it is a positive or negative view, these quotes highlight the different perspectives on the concept of being an outsider. It is important to remember that everyone views the world differently, and that it is important to be open-minded when it comes to understanding different ways of thinking.
