“Why is it okay to put someone to death, but it’s not okay for those people to do it themselves?” — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to collude, to not notice racism, can be quite powerful. — Beverly Daniel Tatum Copy Share Image
“Under social pressure, most of us would simply rather be wrong than alone.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It was cool in the terminal, but I felt the heat of social pressure.” — Nnedi Okorafor Copy Share Image
I think there's an unnatural amount of social pressure on women, particularly mothers, to conform to certain standards of behavior, particularly in… — Jillian Medoff Copy Share Image
I mostly hung out with boys, as girls in high school aren't nice people. There's just so much social pressure, it's just...God,… — Erin Daniels Copy Share Image
“Not being able to be our true self or live authentically ultimately puts us under pressure. Even if you can endure it… — Noeul Nuttarat Tangwai Copy Share Image
The women with high social pressure seem to be amongst the strongest carriers of the possibility of breast cancer. — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
As I see it, most major philanthropists have been bullied into giving. They feel social pressure to give. It has become a… — Steven Levitt Copy Share Image
If something is inconvenient, even if we believe in it, moral suasion, financial incentives, don't do much to move us but social… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
My idea of family is not dominated by blood ties. Families are fragile things, and I think it is social pressure and… — Jeremy Hardy Copy Share Image
Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable. — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
“To eliminate nonessentials means saying no to someone. Often. It means pushing against social expectations. To do it well takes courage and… — Tommy Brown Copy Share Image
“Freedom. You humans do love to prattle on about freedom, and you barely understand the word. How much agency do you think… — Craig Schaefer Copy Share Image
“Do you trust threats, judgment, shame, or social pressure (even in church!) to change people, or do you trust the Holy Spirit… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love.… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“It was the ideas of the classical economists that removed the checks imposed by age-old laws, customs, and prejudices upon technological improvement… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Regardless of the cultural system, social pressure to appear straight seems to be fairly intense cross-culturally. Indeed, one is inclined to wonder,… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
The whole point of anti-Semitism has been to create a vulnerable buffer group that can be bribed with some privileges into managing… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
All "if" statements about the past are as dubious as prophecies of the future are. It seems fairly plausible that if Alexander… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I really feel concerned about young people within our present culture. Our present culture, we have to change. Change is inevitable and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Yet this natural empathy and connection with other animals is not the final word, and it leads to no predetermined outcomes. There… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
“She was having a violent reaction against beautiful clothes and the slavery they impose on one, her experience being that the instant… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
“Teach him to call it ‘real-life and don’t let him ask what he means by ‘real’. (...) Never having been human (...)… — Clive Staples Lewis Copy Share Image
“The Kony campaign us an example of how powerful 'slacktivisim' can be, and demonstrates that, with enough worldwide awareness and social pressure,… — Charlie Caruso Copy Share Image
We pledge our loyalty; we affirm our determination to be of good courage; we declare, sometimes even publicly, that come what may… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“In one conspicuous case, that of royalty, the State does already select the parents on purely political grounds; and in the peerage,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“All social orders command their members to imbibe in pipe dreams of posterity, the mirage of immortality, to keep them ahead of… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
“Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. However, when they have all… — Liezi Copy Share Image
“ [When asked about the dangers of Internet trolls being able to say whatever they want because of false profiles] What interests… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“When there’s no social pressure behind it, respectful behavior becomes a decision, an individual choice.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses. — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the strength of social pressure is one of the greatest forces in the world. The only force that is stronger is… — Victoria Goddard Copy Share Image
![“[When asked about the dangers of Internet trolls being able to say whatever they want because of false profiles] What interests me (if you ask me) in phenomenon – not only Facebook, but generally, this, let's call them 'staged identities' [...] – is how there can be more truth in the mask that you…” quote by Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/547/slavoj-i-ek-1738_identity_when-asked-about-the-dangers-of-internet_1659632.png)
