Schools are generally feminine places, institutions where conformity is valued, taught largely by conformist women. — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
“When a mind is impressionable and has none too firm a hold on what is right, it must be rescued from the… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
Don't change the truth just to suite somebody's taste, it may lose itself. If they really want the truth, they will take… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
Skepticism requires disbelief and curiosity, not conformity to conventional wisdom. There's no science here. This is pure politics. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“We conform to pain until we don't notice it anymore; it's what you call — numb — and it tragically blots out… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and... the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not… — Wendy McElroy Copy Share Image
Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
It may be that these loan arrangements conform to the letter of the law, but they do not conform to the spirit… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
“The most deadly seducers are the ones encouraging conformity. If you can only feel safe when everybody else feels, thinks and looks… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“When conformity is required, as it is in Christianity, what are the results? To begin with, the sacrifice of truth inevitably follows.… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“It was a street of conformity; where identical houses were painted at the same time every spring, a place of rules where… — Margaret Millar Copy Share Image
“Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce, and more valuable than ever. So is… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There is too much ideological conformity in gender studies. The true-believers fashion the theories, write the textbooks and teach the students. When… — Christina Hoff Sommers Copy Share Image
“It is not only the hostility of others that may prevent us from questioning the status quo. Our will to doubt can… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“There seemed never to be a moment when he was not haunted by the fear of being thought lacking by his British… — Amitav Ghosh Copy Share Image
“[People] ask themselves, what is suitable for my position? What is usually done by persons of my station and percuniary circumstances? Or… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Never change yourself to conform to society's shackles and chains! Your uniqueness will always make you beautiful — Cole Rico Copy Share Image
I've rebelled against all types of conformity throughout my life, not just Utah's conservative culture — Bert McCracken Copy Share Image
“It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.” — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
As human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Who do I belong to? How come I mortgaged my being till I don't belong to myself? How come I sold my… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
Great teachers and schools expect and nurture quality work and quality performance. Great teachers inspire and demand quality, ever urging their students… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them. No one does the right thing out of fear. If you… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world.… — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
“I'm saying that figuring out what's important in life and how to go about getting it is very difficult. Sometimes you get… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
Institutions do all the things that are supposed to be bad. They impede personal exploration. They enforce conformity. But they often save… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
If critics say your work stinks it's because they want it to stink and they can make it stink by scaring you… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the… — Marianne Moore Copy Share Image
I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
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