There came a time when these two incompatible notions of who I was, well, something had to give. Either that 'something' is… — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
God never allows pain without a purpose in the lives of His children. He never allows Satan, nor circumstances, nor any ill-intending… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
The sense of community does not arise out of collective movement, nor from conforming to some group direction. Quite the contrary. Each… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
In the 1980s... it was a liberal philosophy of government that changed the rules to suit its own political ends. We were… — James G. Watt Copy Share Image
Our memories are convenient lies we create, cribbing images from others' experiences. We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the… — Damian Loeb Copy Share Image
With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
If one has to conform to a certain taste, he/she might lose his/her own individuality and imagination. But if you don't really… — George Li Copy Share Image
When Jennifer Lawrence says it's 'dumb' to go hungry to make other people happy, she's saying it with the carefree attitude of… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
I'm asking Muslims in the West a very basic question: Will we remain spiritually infantile, caving to cultural pressures to clam up… — Irshad Manji Copy Share Image
The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that… — Ira Remsen Copy Share Image
I try to please people, to give them a good time, but I refuse to make my act conform to traditional show-biz… — Andy Kaufman Copy Share Image
There is nothing positive about being fat. And there is nothing positive about loving yourself. We all need to conform to society's… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the… — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
One lesson we learn early, that in spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. We readily assume this with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Your circumstances will only change when you begin to question them. Change begins with a question. Revolutions start with a question. Revolutionize… — Mirtha Michelle Copy Share Image
There's a pressure to conform to particular images, and it feels a pretty exclusive pool of body image or facial image that… — Hattie Morahan Copy Share Image
I wouldn't even have braces on my teeth. I think they are horrible, and this idea that everyone should conform and be… — Georgia May Jagger Copy Share Image
The survival of the fittest is the ageless law of nature, but the fittest are rarely the strong. The fittest are those… — Dave Smalley Copy Share Image
It has therefore been justly observed that however honestly the coin of a country may conform to its standard, money made of… — David Ricardo Copy Share Image
Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“If we conform our behavior to God’s ancient moral prescription, we are entitled to the sweet benefits of life. But if we… — James C. Dobson Copy Share Image
Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Any artistic achievement that is tailored to conform to social demands rather than to the real, uninhibited, feelings of its creator, is… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'd done my time in corporate America, from McDonald's making shakes to Morgan Stanley making deals and, yet, I felt awfully constrained… — Chip Conley Copy Share Image
No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service… — Laozi Copy Share Image
Public and private funds have been thrown around like confetti at a country fair, to close up and destroy clinics, hospitals, and… — Benedict Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Law Number XXXVI: The thickness of the proposal required to win a multimillion dollar contract is about one millimeter per million dollars.… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
We're living in a world where conservatism is on the rise - from America to Europe and in Singapore, too. People are… — Ivan Heng Copy Share Image
On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
The world is too big and too intricate to conform to our ideas of what it should be like... Just because we… — Moby Copy Share Image
Worship without wonder is lifeless and boring. Many have lost their sense of awe and amazement when it comes to God. Having… — Sam Storms Copy Share Image
The answer, The answer, my friend, is not yours to invent or create. It will be decided for you. It is outside… — John Piper Copy Share Image
We think we need to create ourselves, always doing a paste-up job on our personalities. That is because we're trying to be… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Fairy tales are loved by the child not because the imagery he finds in them conforms to what goes on within him,… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
