Susan Collins Quotes

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

The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you.

I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so.

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

Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'

I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the kids there all knew each other, and somehow I was even more of an outcast.

I couldn't fit in the Irish community in New York. I was never one of the boys because they would talk about baseball or basketball, and I knew nothing about it.

Everyone can relate to being bullied. Everyone can relate to wanting to fit in and being part of a clique.

We all struggle to find our place, and schools can be cruel to kids who aren't part of a pack.

I think, to many people in the company, I am somewhat of an outsider.

Let's face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in.

I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.

All my friends were cheerleaders, and I was the girl who hung out at home. I just worked on my music all the time.

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.

I've never really fit in anywhere.

I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.

I've always craved to belong to somewhere, but I never have and never will.

I've never been much given to little social cliques.

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

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.

You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.

Most of us don't want to be outsiders.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.