Bozoma Saint John Quotes

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

I was always a class clown, so I never had trouble fitting in; I just had trouble finding out where I really wanted to be.

I think we all want to fit in at a young age.

I knew in my heart that I wasn't cool, but I figured I could at least be cool by association.

I think that like most girls in high school, I just mirrored what was around me.

In junior high, I really wanted to be popular. Suddenly there were parties with boys, and I wanted to be part of that. There was a group of girls, and I wanted to be friends with them.

Like most people, I have painful memories of trying to fit in as a child. I wore, said, and did pretty much what everyone else did.

I want to do well and I want to fit in.

I don't want to stay underground for just the cool people.

Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.

Whoever imitates a people is one of them.

I mean, I definitely relate to not being a part of the popular crowd.

I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn't hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I was a total nerd, trying to fit in. Luckily, I found music and that was my niche. That sorta took me out of my geekdom. I was never invited to parties as a teenager - I turned up with the popular people. That's where the lyrics to 'Guilty By Association' came from.

Where I felt comfortable was being the one that everyone liked to party with. And it was kind of the way I could fit in.

When you're growing up, you want to feel part of something.

We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up.

I think it's perfectly acceptable not to run with cliques.

What teenagers want most of all are social rewards, especially the respect of their peers.

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.

When I was a kid... I needed to belong.

I try to make myself look as normal as possible because I like people to relate to me.

I think everyone in their life has some point on their life wanted to be like everybody else or wanted to be like the captain of the football team.

People just don't realize how much peer pressure, the desire for peer acclamation, influences them.

If you're a kid who is always on the outside hoping to be on the inside, you're watching a lot. You're trying to figure out how to become a normal person in a society that considers you weird.