“Norms operate much like the air we breathe — unseen yet critical for our survival.” — Frank Sonnenberg Copy Share Image
Also, there is a way I like to lead my life, which would adhere to certain norms. Anything that goes beyond that… — Chinmayi Copy Share Image
All of us, as bodies, are in the active position of figuring out how to live with and against the constructions -… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I don't follow norms in my life. They don't make sense to me. I do whatever I feel or what makes me… — Radhika Apte Copy Share Image
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses. — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
“There are no norms. Science is a tool; not a determinant. Experimentalism is a method; not a goal. Experience is an adverb;… — George Kneller Copy Share Image
“The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Custom is a shroud that conceals everything. Not without first encountering the uncustomary will we be able to recognize what is customary… — Vilém Flusser Copy Share Image
Here's a bunch of people practising a new set of behavioural norms. Apparently it didn't work because a lot of them got… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
Sorting through what social conventions we ought to adopt for the Internet is a pretty tricky and complicated topic. I think we… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
All modern secularity requires is that our public norms and the arguments for them not presuppose common acceptance of Jewish or Christian… — David Novak Copy Share Image
Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Since Franklin Roosevelt's leadership in setting up the United Nations and the Nuremberg trials, the U.S. has promoted universal legal norms and… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
One struggles always with these norms. So one doesn't construct oneself freely without respect to norm but one works with one's historical… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
In many countries today, moral and ethical norms are being reconsidered; national traditions, differences in nation and culture are being erased. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“Is deviation from the locally approved norms always and everywhere to be taken as disease?” — Bernard Wolfe Copy Share Image
Drag has always been very political and challenging of societal norms and other aspects of life. — Aquaria Copy Share Image
“Everything you are used to, once done long enough, starts to seem natural, even though it might not be.” — Julien Smith Copy Share Image
A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
“Every great philosopher, in their own way, questioned the fundamental assumptions that were present in the thinking of their time” — Steven West Copy Share Image
Too often athletes think there's these norms that I have to fit into and there are people that I have to please. — Chris Long Copy Share Image
Openly weeping in front of strangers was such a break from social norms that it was liberating. — Katy Wix Copy Share Image
Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
Not many directors have the courage to make movies that are against conventional, commercial norms. — Amrita Rao Copy Share Image
As all of us know, health is deeply intertwined with culture: what we eat, how active we are, how much we sleep.… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Norms and limits matter. Voters like outside-the-box thinking and innovation, but they like reliability and expertise more. — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
The domestic policy of any president, U.S. or otherwise, is his or her own concern, as long as democratic norms are followed. — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Copy Share Image
“Truth will keep on telling the truth Lies will lie to be more uncouth No more rainbow after the storm Nowhere to… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
We've learned that quiet isn't always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice. — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
It wasn't possible just to rid oneself, simply, of the norms through which one is constituted. — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
The problem is, authentic hip-hop culture is street culture. And so you've got middle-class blacks really emulating the norms of the South… — Thomas Chatterton Williams Copy Share Image
“Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Vita Sackville-West is one of my favorite female icons. She was a writer and a prolific gardener, but she also had a… — Gwendoline Christie Copy Share Image
Maybe Larry Kings cannot thrive or even survive in a world where the norms for discourse are rage, vehemence and character assassination.… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
The United Nations is the preeminent institution of multilateralism. It provides a forum where sovereign states can come together to share burdens,… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
All societies establish laws that become norms. Those norms create the environment that incubates society. So, when you implement the laws of… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Party and ideology routinely trump institutional interests and responsibilities. Regular order - the set of rules, norms and traditions designed to ensure… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
