My idea of family is not dominated by blood ties. Families are fragile things, and I think it is social pressure and… — Jeremy Hardy Copy Share Image
I mostly hung out with boys, as girls in high school aren't nice people. There's just so much social pressure, it's just...God,… — Erin Daniels Copy Share Image
“Become a great artist. That is the only way to justify what you are doing to everyone's life.'... I did not understand… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“Do you trust threats, judgment, shame, or social pressure (even in church!) to change people, or do you trust the Holy Spirit… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
“She was having a violent reaction against beautiful clothes and the slavery they impose on one, her experience being that the instant… — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
When you look at the potential of such a zero-risk products as electronic cigarettes you need to understand what is the readiness… — Andre Calantzopoulos Copy Share Image
The whole point of anti-Semitism has been to create a vulnerable buffer group that can be bribed with some privileges into managing… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“Why is it okay to put someone to death, but it’s not okay for those people to do it themselves?” — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Yet this natural empathy and connection with other animals is not the final word, and it leads to no predetermined outcomes. There… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
“In one conspicuous case, that of royalty, the State does already select the parents on purely political grounds; and in the peerage,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“A systematic pattern on weekends appears: early types become sleep deprived on free days as a consequence of the social pressure exerted… — Till Roenneberg Copy Share Image
“The human female’s sexual behavior is typically far more malleable than the male’s. Greater erotic plasticity leads most women to experience more… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“ [When asked about the dangers of Internet trolls being able to say whatever they want because of false profiles] What interests… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“It’s messing people up, this social pressure to “find your passion” and “know what it is you want to do”. It’s perfectly… — Sally Coulter Copy Share Image
“It was the ideas of the classical economists that removed the checks imposed by age-old laws, customs, and prejudices upon technological improvement… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the strength of social pressure is one of the greatest forces in the world. The only force that is stronger is… — Victoria Goddard Copy Share Image
All "if" statements about the past are as dubious as prophecies of the future are. It seems fairly plausible that if Alexander… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“All social orders command their members to imbibe in pipe dreams of posterity, the mirage of immortality, to keep them ahead of… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love.… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
“When there’s no social pressure behind it, respectful behavior becomes a decision, an individual choice.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Not being able to be our true self or live authentically ultimately puts us under pressure. Even if you can endure it… — Noeul Nuttarat Tangwai Copy Share Image
I miss the closet. Homosexuals, not to speak of the rest of society, were far better off when social pressure forced them… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
