“She sang, as requested. There was much about love in the ballad: faithful love that refused to abandon its object; love that… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
'Eleanor' was so much fun to write, because there's a brutal honesty about her. She's got no filters and no concept of… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity - and make… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Wine and women make wise men dote and forsake God's law and do wrong." However, the fault is not in the wine,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses. — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
“Raging crime, class warfare, invasive immigrants, light morals, public misbehavior. Always we convince ourselves that the parade of unwelcome and despised is… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Of course, you have the right to live your life your way, but it is also your responsibility to take care of… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“When we tell half-truths in an attempt to maintain social norms and values, we risk losing both our integrity and the maintenance… — Ptera Hunter Copy Share Image
Once you break the social norm and create a new social norm, all of a sudden it can stay with us for… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“The teaching of the Buddha is called the Dhamma. He did not teach Buddhism, any more than Jesus taught Christianity. The one… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
“Groups must balance the need to enforce norms with the need to adapt. If the group is unable to enforce social norms,… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
“Human security depends on a system where each rational individual calculates that it is more profitable not to rebel.” — Mark Gough Copy Share Image
“Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The voice of authority speaks not for the one but for the many; authority figures have a strong and rapid effect on… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
