Assimilation Quotes

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction.

It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens.

Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation.

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.

Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.

I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation.

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.

More than one-third of Mexicans in the United States own property in Mexico, nearly 80 percent send money home and 25 percent have a spouse in Mexico. Assimilation and becoming an American citizen are not the objective for many of them.

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

I absolutely believe in assimilation. I don't believe I'm any different from straight people. My wants and needs are the same as theirs. I don't look at sexual orientation as that big of a deal. It's just an orientation.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.

I think we always move from imitation to assimilation to innovation, but I can't name you 20 people outside those we've already recognized who ever got to point three: innovation.