Conformity Quotes

489 quotes by 381 authors

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of… — Karen Armstrong
Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance… — Teresa of Avila
If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has… — Michele Bachmann
I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform. — Erykah Badu
Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states. — Jose Manuel Barroso
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or… — Ray Bradbury
Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. — Jacob Bronowski
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. — Rita Mae Brown
To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek… — Steven Brust
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity. — William S. Burroughs
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. — Coco Chanel
Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of us. But that… — Barbara Jordan
Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself and to sublimate your spirit to some kind of group identity is succumbing… — Simon Doonan
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an… — Thomas Watson, Jr.
That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the… — Learned Hand
What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same… — John Oliver Killens
Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In conclusion it may be said that sin may be defined as lack of conformity to the moral law of God, either in act, disposition,… — Louis Berkhof

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