“We're all teased or pressured into conforming to the all-levelling social norms of mediocrity.” — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
“Males have been groomed since birth, according to the specifications of a sick and perverse society, to become instruments of war.” — Bryant McGill 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
People are willing to work free, and they are willing to work for a reasonable wage; but offer them just a small… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behaviour, and they are classic excuses. — Andrew Lansley Copy Share Image
“That’s why I’m done being quiet and submissive. If you allow yourself to be constrained by social norms, you’re never going to… — Tobias Wade Copy Share Image
“Stay in the middle of the bell-curve of social norms and follow along, or you will find out the about freedom you… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Parents must teach their kids about questioning assumption and social norms, showing their kids how to think critically and be skeptical of… — Dan Arel Copy Share Image
I feel beautiful when I watch the commercials or see myself on a bus. But it's not only because it is me… — Danielle Brooks Copy Share Image
According to the classic liberal-arts ideal, learning promises liberation, but it is not liberation from demanding moral ideals and social norms, or… — Robert P. George Copy Share Image
“There are Tantrics who deliberately seek to do more active forms of renunciation, so transgression of social norms and breaking of taboo,… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“Media has changed the way we interact with one another and what we spend our time doing. Our social norms have changed.… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There's a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through… — Cass Sunstein 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
“It is the socially determined norms and traditions of gender roles, which must be challenged, and challenged with vigor. In nearly all… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I suppose it's not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do - to feel, discuss feelings. So that's what… — Jess C Scott Copy Share Image
“I told you in the course of this paper that Shakespeare had a sister; but do not look for her in Sir… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Tripolar spirituality is not a desirable consequence or an optional third way; it is not an extra or additive dimension. Rather, it… — David Augsburger Copy Share Image
“God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You ask of… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“A slut is someone, usually a woman, who’s stepped outside of the very narrow lane that good girls are supposed to stay… — Jaclyn Friedman 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
“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
“At the behest of the criterion of authenticity, much that was once thought to make up the very fabric of culture has… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
“[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou… — Héloïse Copy Share Image
“It was a fact generally acknowledged by all but the most contumacious spirits at the beginning of the seventeenth century that woman… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
“Let’s take a quick look at what a psychopath is. Although the American Psychiatric Association (APA) no longer uses this term, much… — Robert Kirkconnell Copy Share Image
“[Y]ou are not ashamed of your sin [in committing adultery] because so many men commit it. Man's wickedness is now such that… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Your god, sir, is the World. In my eyes, you, too, if not an infidel, are an idolater. I conceive that you… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“He whispered: ‘Is it this? Is this possible? I’ll put a marvel to you. That your cousin has always hoped. That from… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“ Who Suffers? If you have social anxiety, you are not alone. The National Comorbidity Study found social phobia to be the… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“The culture were live in ripples through our daily lives, sending messages about what is considered "normal" and healthy by society.” — Lee Harrington Copy Share Image
Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts. — Brigid Schulte 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
I had a lot of anger against the way things 'should be done' - conforming to social norms, ticking boxes to gain… — Rupert Friend 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
“New studies conducted by psychology researcher Joseph Forgas show that mild sadness can actually have a number of benefits that could reflect… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“I wanted for that other place. I wanted for the part of the world where I believed there existed a fundamental kind… — Omar El Akkad Copy Share Image
![“[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou be not ashamed, concubine ... And thou thyself wert not wholly unmindful of that ... [as in the narrative of thy misfortunes ] thou hast not disdained to set forth sundry reasons by which I…” quote by Héloïse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/651/heloise-27050_bonds_i-f-the-name-of-wife-appears-more-sacred_2298825.jpg)
![“[Y]ou are not ashamed of your sin [in committing adultery] because so many men commit it. Man's wickedness is now such that men are more ashamed of chastity than of lechery. Murderers, thieves, perjurers, false witnesses, plunderers and fraudsters are detested and hated by people generally, but…” quote by Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/augustine-of-hippo-2589_adultery_y-ou-are-not-ashamed-of-your-sin-in-comm_380143.jpg)
![“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same thing about men? (...) Response [by Lady Rectitude]: "Fair sweet friend, have you not yet heard the saying that the fool sees well enough a small cut in the face of his…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/christine-de-pizan-13257_cliches_my-lady-you-certainly-tell-me-about-wond_2807471.png)
![“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many different men – and learned men among them – have been and are so inclined to express both in speaking and in their treatises and writings so many wicked insults about women and their…” quote by Christine de Pizan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/christine-de-pizan-13257_behaviour_j-ust-the-sight-of-this-book-even-though_2137746.png)
