The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
How could I be anything but a dissenter? Who wants the opinion of a group? — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the… — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“Conformity runs rampant through everyday life, and people want to read about characters that deviate from societal norms.” — Jonathan Heatt Copy Share Image
People always follow the crowd. Be brave, Dare to do something different. Let the crowd follow you. Instead you follow them. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society. — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states. — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
The minute you start swimming with the stream is the minute when you get lost in the crowd. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Realism arises from the maturity of the minds, while Idealism arises from their conformity.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“There is enough conformity in the world Lord MacCaulay. I doubt that mine, or lack of it, will send the planet from… — Emmanuelle de Maupassant Copy Share Image
There is a universal moral law, as distinct from a moral code, which consists of certain statements of fact about the nature… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“...all these things were part of the business of dreams. He had learned not to laugh at the advertisements offering to teach… — Nathanael West Copy Share Image
Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George...Patriotism is more closely… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based,… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Perhaps I am just a hopeless rationalist, but isn't fascination as comforting as solace? Isn't nature immeasurably more interesting for its complexities… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest men in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If some small storekeeper somewhere decides he's not going to pay the money, the Godfather doesn't let him get away with it.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The gods have provided me with clear and compelling signs of what it means to live in conformity to nature. They did… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of… — Tom Schulman Copy Share Image
The good, say the mystics of spirit, is God, a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Belonging to a group can provide the child with a variety of resources that an individual friendship often cannot--a sense of collective… — Zick Rubin Copy Share Image
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“An artist who conforms to conventional ideas is nothing but a mere charlatan.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The nature of culture is evolution. The practice of culture is adaptation. — Kelvin Chau Copy Share Image
Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't always go with the crowd because we don't always have the same priorities. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
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