“It is dangerous not to conform with people's image of us, because they do not readily retract their opinions.” — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
I think cultures of conformity produce vast quantities of shame, both in people who simply can't conform and people who do conform,… — Jonathan Franzen 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
“I’ve never met anyone like you.” “What do you mean?” “You’re just so comfortable in your own skin,” he said. “You know… — Lily Harper Hart Copy Share Image
Pop music allows you to be who you are without having to wear a social uniform or to conform, which some people… — Siobhan Fahey 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
“We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own and other's people's models,… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
That's what the left is always doing. They have an ideal, and they want people to conform to it. When people don't… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image