--- title: "10 Unconventionality Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Unconventionality quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Unconventionality sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/virginia-woolf-49_anonymity_the-truth-is-i-often-like-women-i-like-t_516355.jpg" --- > [The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/the-truth-is-i-often-like-women-i-like-their-unconventionality-i-like/) [Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/virginia-woolf-49_anonymity_the-truth-is-i-often-like-women-i-like-t_516355.jpg) > [Unconventionality is no longer a taboo. It is being applauded and celebrated by both the classes and the masses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherlyn-chopra/unconventionality-is-no-longer-a-taboo-it-is-being-applauded-and/) [Sherlyn Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherlyn-chopra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/sherlyn-chopra-6255_being_unconventionality-is-no-longer-a-taboo-i_1866664.jpg) > [If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-bechdel/if-it-weren-t-for-the-unconventionality-of-my-desires-my-mind-might/) [Alison Bechdel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-bechdel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/alison-bechdel-7240_body_if-it-weren-t-for-the-unconventionality_1554461.jpg) > [It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/it-is-not-difficult-to-be-unconventional-in-the-eyes-of-the-world/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/w-somerset-maugham-237_conventions_it-is-not-difficult-to-be-unconventional_417739.jpg) > [“The conventional accept and are frequently charmed by a certain unconventionality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/the-conventional-accept-and-are-frequently-charmed-by-a-certain/) [Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/julian-barnes-522_conventional_the-conventional-accept-and-are-frequent_112216.png) > [“It is not difficult to stand above the conventions when we leave no hostages among them; men can always be more unconventional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/it-is-not-difficult-to-stand-above-the-conventions-when-we-leave-no/) [E.M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/e-m-forster-2-1148_conventions_it-is-not-difficult-to-stand-above-the-c_550022.jpg) > [“When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-others-think-of-them-for-the-3/) [W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/w-somerset-maugham-2-32772_approval_when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-ot_1217618.jpg) > [“A person willing to fly in the face of reason, authority, and common sense must be a person of considerable self-assurance. Since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/a-person-willing-to-fly-in-the-face-of-reason-authority-and-common/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/isaac-asimov-309_assurance_a-person-willing-to-fly-in-the-face-of-r_2522431.jpg) > [When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-others-think-of-them-for-the-2/) [W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/w-somerset-maugham-237_approval_when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-ot_1081377.jpg) > [“When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham-2/when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-others-think-of-them-for-the/) [W Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/w-somerset-maugham-2-32772_approval_when-people-say-they-do-not-care-what-ot_714828.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/unconventionality/#itemlist", "name": "Unconventionality Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. 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