It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention. — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them. — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Children have a different convention of the fearful until they have been taught the proper things to be shocked at. — John Wyndham Copy Share Image
I went to the Democratic Convention as a journalist, and returned a cold-blooded revolutionary. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth. — Radclyffe Hall Copy Share Image
No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention. — Ugo Betti Copy Share Image
According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did not for a moment… — John Green Copy Share Image
Society, by insisting on conventions, has merely insisted on certain convenient signs by which we may know that a man is considering,… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould Copy Share Image
I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don't like some of the conventions of the 'historical novel', but I… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
The Saudi government uses a lot of British equipment to suppress their own people. But we're happy for our politicians to go… — Paul Conroy Copy Share Image
This is a guy [Michael Flynn] who stood up at the Republican convention and reveled in the chants of "lock her up"… — John Heilemann Copy Share Image
I'll always be grateful for what 'Doctor Who' has given me. I go to quite a few fan conventions. It's lovely to… — Daphne Ashbrook Copy Share Image
In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by… — Man Ray Copy Share Image
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
You can expect to see a robust discussion and representation of those issues throughout the convention program. Not just from the nominee,… — Leah D. Daughtry Copy Share Image
Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and… — Bill Mumy Copy Share Image
The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There are many who subscribe to the convention that service is a business cost, but our data demonstrates that superior service is… — Jim Bush Copy Share Image
Walking back from the convention site I chatted with a normal Bostonian for several blocks -- who must have identified me through… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
The real wonder is that so many difficulties should have been surmounted [in the federal convention], and surmounted with a unanimity almost… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed - naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
But take the Russia issue. You open up the convention, and you have got a report that the Democratic Party has been… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The member of a culture ... purposely avoids the relationship of intimacy; he wants the object somehow depicted and fictionalized. ... He… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
There is a tendency under capitalism system to reduce everything to a kind of commodity fetish, and this order tends to promote… — Bruce LaBruce Copy Share Image
The Revolutionist is a doomed man. He has no private interests, no affairs, sentiments, ties, property nor even a name of his… — Sergey Nechayev Copy Share Image
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think that the heroism which at this day would make on us the impression of Epaminondas and Phocion must be that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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