When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself. — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“Institutions or products of culture. But they formalize a set of norms.” — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms. — Jackson Katz Copy Share Image
Unfortunately (or fortunately), this world is all about being good on records. — Mohit Sharma Copy Share Image
I am not really superstitious but do follow certain established norms. — Krystle D'Souza Copy Share Image
I am an actor so I have to do my work and going beyond societal norms. — Saqib Saleem Copy Share Image
People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that. — Max Cannon Copy Share Image
Our immigrants joined a settler culture, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant, that demanded assimilation to its norms. — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
The way that social norms become social norms is not through any systematic process. It is through a flowering of an understanding… — Charles Murray Copy Share Image
“We're all teased or pressured into conforming to the all-levelling social norms of mediocrity.” — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
So, I think slowly, the women of this industry are changing the norms and I'm proud to be one of them. — Kashmira Shah Copy Share Image
We're often too entrenched in existing structures and are so primed to think that if we grew up with the values and… — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
“If norms are oppressive, try to foster acceptance of deviations, don't try to destroy the norms themselves — that's a fool's errand.” — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
I found comfort in aggression, in breaking through false walls and challenging norms. — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation. — Michael K. Powell Copy Share Image
“No one cares about an injured leg of a tiny ant It has to be healed for its own walking Such is… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
If we speak calmly, in a businesslike fashion, let me draw your attention to the fact that Russia supplies arms to the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We've never lived in an environment in which it has been so easy to capture information and share it. That fact that… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
In places like South Afghanistan, where cultural norms prevent men from entering homes, female vaccinators often make the difference between a closed… — Ksenia Solo Copy Share Image
I believe that the dysfunctional Muslim family constitutes a real threat to the very fabric of western life. It is in the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
Goodwill and reputation are intangibles, but they are the keys to business success. Since they are also inexorably linked to social values,… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“Every human being needs a set of norms and rules, traditions and customs, transmitted from the older to the younger; without those… — Tzvetan Todorov Copy Share Image
“showed a group of two- and three-year-olds a new game. A puppet then appeared and performed the game incorrectly. Almost all the… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
“Women have married because it was necessary, in order to survive economically, in order to have children who would not suffer economic… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
“The carnistic schema, which twists information so that nonsense seems to make perfect sense, also explains why we fail to see the… — Melanie Joy Copy Share Image
“A giant octopus living way down deep at the bottom of the ocean. It has this tremendously powerful life force, a bunch… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“The path of the norm is the path of least resistance; it is the route we take when we're on auto-pilot and… — Melanie Joy Copy Share Image
“But are his needs any more shocking than the needs of any other animals and men? Are his deeds more outrageous than… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are… — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Life is a useless passion, an exciting journey of a mammal in survival mode. Each day is a miracle, a blessing unexplored… — Mohadesa Najumi Copy Share Image
“Equally serious is the complaint that psychoanalysis as a medical practice is a form of oppressive social control, labelling individuals and forcing… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
Surprising as it may seem, norms matter, even in the hell that is war. — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Bumble is about equality. We are reverse-engineering traditional societal norms. — Whitney Wolfe Herd Copy Share Image
Breaking of norms and disregard for decency have huge, long-term costs. — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that in a healthy society, artistic norms should be constantly under question which is not of course, to deny the… — Earle Brown Copy Share Image
