“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
in our culture, the professional, and largely white, middle class is taken as a social norm - a bland and neutral mainstream… — Barbara Ehrenreich 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
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of… — Sean Parker Copy Share Image
A plastic bag charge is far from representing mere climate change symbolism. It is a clarion call to us all to alter… — Pritam Singh Copy Share Image
“I shake my head at my friend. “Not only is they lines, but you know good as I do where them lines… — Kathryn Stockett 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
“By insisting that economic laws always take shape through social norms, values, and political choices, Piketty would rescue his discipline from the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In reaction against the age-old slogan, "woman is the weaker vessel," or the still more offensive, "woman is a divine creature," we… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“In summary, our minds are built to sabotage information in order to come out ahead in social games. When big parts of… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
“Here’s the thing about oppression: It’s rarely the result of one person’s actions and often it’s not even intentional. As philosopher Carol… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Today, in what Harvey Mansfield calls our "gender-neutral" society," there are no social norms. Eight decades after the Titanic, a German-built ferry… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“It really is something ... that men disapprove even of our doing things that are patently good. Wouldn't it be possible for… — Moderata Fonte Copy Share Image
“We don’t do superstars in our Tough Mudder world—but if we were to, it would be hard to ignore the claims of… — Will Dean Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it's a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm… — Mia Wasikowska 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
“By heavens! there is something after all in the world allowing one man to steal a horse while another must not look… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“During dreaming, we’re tuned inward, we experience vivid visual imagery, our conventional logic system is turned down, and social norms are loosened,… — Andrea Rock 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
“Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors… deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases or conning… — Bruce Cannon Gibney Copy Share Image