“I'm drawn to unusual, even freakish people. Why? They are far more engaging than the ordinary, which the world has too much… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“He who fails to achieve a dream set by himself is more honorable than he who succeeds in achieving a dream set… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I lead with the knowingness that my reality conforms to my wishes and desires instantly.” — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
Biggest waste of time in life is adjusting yourself to be accepted by people who frankly...won't EVER like you. BE YOURSELF — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
“I do not see the point in dressing and acting and speaking in a way that makes you feel more comfortable and… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Religion is the rules, regulations, ceremonies and rituals developed by man to create conformity and uniformity in the approach to God. Spirituality… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
We rarely meet a man who can tell us any news which he has not read in a newspaper, or been told… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear,… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
“If you design a system to do something specific, don't be surprised if it does it. If you run an education system… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“Conformity is a problem for many small groups. Members put a higher priority on cohesion than on coming up with a well-reasoned… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in… — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out."… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
“The world conforms people to a certain way of thinking and living through external influences such as advertising and fashion. But believers… — Henry Hon Copy Share Image
“I reached into my pocket and took the medal and tossed it toward the black opening. It went right in. It disappeared… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Because of social pressure, individualism is rejected by most people in favor of conformity. Thus the individual relies mainly upon the actions… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Although most people never overcome the habit of berating the world for their difficulties, those who are too weak to make a… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
“Die Wissenschaft ist ein Land, welches die Eigenschaft hat, um so mehr Menschen beherbergen zu können, je mehr Bewohner sich darin sammeln;… — Wilhelm Ostwald Copy Share Image
“Modern party-dance is simply writhing to suggestive music. It is ridiculous, silly to watch and excruciatingly embarrassing to perform. It is ridiculous,… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Prime numbers are divisible only by 1 and by themselves. They hold their place in the infinite series of natural numbers, squashed,… — Paolo Giordano Copy Share Image
“The trick is to learn to believe that it's a disconnected world, a lunatic world, where what is true now was not… — Sloan Wilson Copy Share Image
Is individual gender suffering relieved at the price of role conformity and the perpetuation of role stereotypes on a social level? In… — Janice Raymond Copy Share Image
“If you believe in an idea that others find radical, don’t let fear keep you from stepping outside of conformity.” — Chitra D. Nawbatt Copy Share Image
“Popularity gives you power only over people who care about being popular. Ostracism gives you power only over those who fear being… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
It is a ridiculous demand which England and America make, that you shall speak so that they can understand you. Neither men… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The makeup of life; to smother yourself with superficial beliefs so you can be accepted by society. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
OPTIMISM, enthusiasm, confidence against fear, prejudice, conformity - that is his enduring message to the men and women of Australia. Never more… — Graham Freudenberg Copy Share Image
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling… — Moliere Copy Share Image
These are the sensations and feelings that are gradually blunted by education, staled by custom, rejected in favor of social conformity. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity. — Irving Wallace Copy Share Image
I am convinced that creativity is a priori to the integrity of the universe and that life is regenerative and conformity meaningless. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
If you stand up to the human race you lose something called their 'goodwill'; if you kowtow to them you gain ...… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
Freedom to think requires not only freedom of expression but also freedom from the threat of orthodoxy and being outcast and ostracized. — Helen Foster Snow Copy Share Image
Yourself a newborn bard of the Holy Ghost, cast behind you all conformity, and acquaint men at first hand with Deity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me. — Lady Starlight Copy Share Image
The essence of a free life is being able to choose the style of living you prefer free from exclusion and without… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
Everyone tries to impress that special someone, but if you can't get them by being yourself, then they can't be that special. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
Fitting in allows you to blend in with everyone else, but being different allows you to be yourself, to be unique and… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
