“If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas. — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
Madness is only a variety of mental nonconformity and we are all individualists here. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
“Conformity is usually beneficial to society, but is often detrimental to individuality.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and… — Donna Woolfolk Cross Copy Share Image
Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists. — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that?… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
All art is based on nonconformity ... Without nonconformity we would have had no Bill of Rights or Magna Carta, no public… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Democracy is nonconformity; it is mutual loyalty, even when we have to attack one another's ideas - ideas, which, because they are… — Joost A. M. Meerloo Copy Share Image
“In his mother’s honor, vowing not to commit the “fashionable stupidity” of ignoring things he didn’t understand, Max performed a brave act… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
In terms of content, a lot of rap is crap, with all the sexism and homophobic bullshit. It's incredible how rappers are… — Nellie McKay Copy Share Image
After all, we scientific workers ... like women, are the victims of fashion: at one time we wear dissociated ions, at another… — Henry Edward Armstrong 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
You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. In this case, it comes from nonconformity, the courage to… — Thomas Sankara Copy Share Image
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication, and courage. But… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“A truly good person will speak truth, act with truth, and stand for Truth. A truly good person is not afraid to… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People living normal lives are ruffled by folks like Doc and Llama. Nonconformity is an affront to those in the mainstream. Our… — David Miller Copy Share Image
“The simplistic way of not conforming is to see what is in style in our culture and then do the opposite. If… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“I was aware that he was laughing at me, but I told myself I didn't care what other people thought and would… — Mark Barrowcliffe Copy Share Image
“Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which… — The Buddha Copy Share Image
“The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“The First Human (Sonnet 2632) Apes have lords and ladies, I don't. Apes have kings and queens, I don't. My time is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“It's in the morning, for most of us. It's that time, those few seconds when we're coming out of sleep but we're… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
The believer's cross is no longer any and every kind of suffering, sickness, or tension, the bearing of which is demanded. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The system loves resistance. Resistance is often creative and it feeds on creativity until the subversive becomes just another pre-packaged lifestyle on… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
