Skepticism requires disbelief and curiosity, not conformity to conventional wisdom. There's no science here. This is pure politics. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“We conform to pain until we don't notice it anymore; it's what you call — numb — and it tragically blots out… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and... the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
“When a mind is impressionable and has none too firm a hold on what is right, it must be rescued from the… — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
Schools are generally feminine places, institutions where conformity is valued, taught largely by conformist women. — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the best way will be the one that is most gentle and forbearing, which is more in… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for… — Adam Grant Copy Share Image
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself…His task was to discover his own destiny -… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is true, we are such poor navigators that our thoughts, for the most part, stand off and on upon a harborless… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“God never uses one approach to the get his job done in the world. Each soul has its own way of being… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
You mock those who blindly follow the majority...turn your attention now to those who are so dedicated to deviating from the norm… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external… — Charles Taylor Copy Share Image
“May I consent to and delight in thy law after the inner man, never complain over the strictness of thy demands, but… — Arthur Bennett Copy Share Image
“The individual in modern urban society had become 'the public', he said [Kierkegaard], and the predominant characteristic of the crowd, or the… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“...All of these writings could be reduced to mere “thought-provoking content,” for the system devours everything in its path like a never-satisfied… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“But should we accept this negative view of power? Is power all bad? Specifically, can Christians share in this devaluation of power… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
I rejoice that horses and steers have to be broken before they can be made the slaves of men, and that men… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There are five things that societies do: They reproduce; they produce food; they organize themselves in terms of law; they organize themselves… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
I shall never get out of this! There are two of me now: This new absolutely white person and the old yellow… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
I was struck by the absence, even among very young boys and girls, of any interior motivation; they were incapable of thinking,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The uncertainties in life are so uncertain for us to determine the kind woe we shall be entangled in in the next… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Don't change the truth just to suite somebody's taste, it may lose itself. If they really want the truth, they will take… — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
I've rebelled against all types of conformity throughout my life, not just Utah's conservative culture — Bert McCracken Copy Share Image
“It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.” — Zelda Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Never change yourself to conform to society's shackles and chains! Your uniqueness will always make you beautiful — Cole Rico Copy Share Image
None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
... I suddenly woke up to the fact that if I accepted anybody's definition of what there was in the world, I… — Shirley Brice Heath Copy Share Image
Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names. — Ming-Dao Deng Copy Share Image
“To hear how much of a great human being you were — even if you really weren’t — open your ears at… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“المثقف من حمل الحقيقة في وجه القوة ('cultured from carrying the truth in the face of power')” — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity.… — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
“The grags came down heavily on those who did not conform and seemed not to realize that this was like stamping potatoes… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Conformity is usually beneficial to society, but is often detrimental to individuality.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Your unique way of doing things is what makes you so special. Don't always feel the need to do things the way… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
![“[E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.” quote by Charles Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/charles-taylor-36713_conformity_e-ach-of-our-voices-has-something-unique_2184407.png)
![“The individual in modern urban society had become 'the public', he said [Kierkegaard], and the predominant characteristic of the crowd, or the masses, was all their noncommittal 'talk'. Today we would probably use the word 'conformity'; that is when everybody 'thinks' and 'believes in' the same…” quote by Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/jostein-gaarder-676_community_the-individual-in-modern-urban-society-h_2141909.jpg)
