Conform Quotes

336 Conform quotes by 278 unique authors

The higher the love, the more demands will be made on us to conform to that ideal. — Fulton J. Sheen
Don't get caught up in fashion games. These kids probably think we're old, nark conformists or something, but really, they're just conforming in their own… — Richelle Mead
They wanted black women to conform to the gender norms set by white society. They wanted to be recognized as 'men,' as patriarchs, by other… — Bell Hooks
You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely… — Haruki Murakami
The first step in conforming our intellect to God's truth is to die to our vanity, pride, and craving for respect from colleagues and the… — Nancy Pearcey
Periods' are largely an invention of the historians. The poets themselves are not conscious of living in any period and refuse to conform to the… — C.S. Lewis
Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life… — Kate Chopin
Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards. — Chris Guillebeau
But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that… — Howard Zinn
Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember. — Joan Didion
If we wish to draw philosophical conclusions about our own existence, our significance, and the significance of the universe itself, our conclusions should be based… — Lawrence M. Krauss
The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform. — Tennessee Williams
Majority decisions tend to be made without engaging the systematic thought and critical thinking skills of the individuals in the group. Given the force of… — Philip Zimbardo
Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in… — Susan Cain
Being female in this world means having been robbed of the potential for human choice by men who love to hate us. One does does… — Andrea Dworkin
Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. — Richard Dawkins
There is nothing positive about being fat. And there is nothing positive about loving yourself. We all need to conform to society's expectations of who… — Marilyn Monroe
The human mind had a remarkable ability both to discount what it sees and make reality conform to expectation. — Cinda Williams Chima
No emotion is, in itself, a judgement; in that sense all emotions and sentiments are alogical. but they can be reasonable or unreasonable as they… — C.S. Lewis
When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction… — Shakti Gawain
I'm not going to conform, and hurt myself, and do something crazy to be a size 2. — Amber Riley
History is the torch that is meant to illuminate the past, to guard us against the repetition of our mistakes of other days. We cannot… — Unknown Author
The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather… — Lenny Kravitz
We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or other people's models, learn to be… — Shakti Gawain
Dancing is, in itself, a very trifling and silly thing: but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes… — Lord Chesterfield

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