Robert J. Waldinger Quotes

Some people want to define themselves, and they should, as it's part of their identity. For me personally, I've never really had a label for myself.

A man's name is not like a mantle which merely hangs about him...but a perfectly fitting garment, which, like the skin, has grown over him, at which one cannot rake and scrape without injuring the man himself.

I don't think a name defines the core of who you are.

I know what my identity is.

Did you ever wonder if the person in the picture is the same one you see when you look in the mirror?" - "That's the eternal question, isn't it? Are we born who we are, or do we make ourselves that way?

We rigidify our self-image to portray a certain identity to the world, which is one of the key impediments to authenticity.

Each person tells you who they think they are, and who they think you are.

When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.

Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

People define themselves aesthetically at a very young age.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

You don't realize how much a part of your character is part of yourself until you are no longer playing that character.

There is no self-portrait of me.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.

There's nothing harder than defining oneself.

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

It's hard for me to label myself or characterize myself.

What is your identity, and how do you know who you are if you don't have language?

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am.

For me, I've never really thought of myself as labeled as a shooter or whatever. People can say whatever they want.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

'Nimona' is about identity and if who you are is defined by what you look like. It's not a book about body image at all, but I would be lying if I said that wasn't in there even at the conception of it.