I do not wish to quarrel with any man or nation. I do not wish to split hairs, to make fine distinctions,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I really don't watch enough TV to know about the impact. In my experience as a TV writer, I would say is… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
I dress differently, I don't conform to what golf is supposed to be. — Paige Spiranac Copy Share Image
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Our society’s failure to recognize and care for the social and emotional well-being of our boys contributes to a nation of young… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Boys' connections—to other people and to their selves—can enable them to think and act of their own volition and to resist overly… — Judy Chu Copy Share Image
This hour in history needs a dedicated circle of transformed nonconformists. Our planet teeters on the brink of annihilation; dangerous passions of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, you had to conform and do the same thing that everyone else was doing. I would just… — Charlie Puth Copy Share Image
I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
It is not strange that some of our revoltes preach trial marriage: for the only safe way to marry them at all… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
In a society of ideological believers, nothing is more ridiculous than the individual who doubts and does not conform. — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers. — Damian Loeb Copy Share Image
The problem of living in this modern world is the problem of finding room in it. The crowd principle is so universally… — Gerald Stanley Lee Copy Share Image
So, I think there's a danger that good stuff can fall by the wayside if it doesn't conform to formula. But I… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform. — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
I think that the influence towards suppression of minority views - towards orthodoxy in thinking about public issues - has been more… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I thought my friends were damn fools, because they didn't know any better way of conducting their lives. Still they conformed better… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Everyone bowed to that unwritten law of family life which ordains that, in the long run, everyone submerges his personal preference in… — Dorothy Canfield Fisher Copy Share Image
Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not… — Adele Copy Share Image
Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
