Conformity Quotes

489 quotes by 370 authors

Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. — Benjamin Franklin
Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. — Maya Angelou
For all have not the gift of martyrdom. — John Dryden
No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his… — Euripides
We arrange our lives-even the best and boldest men and women that exist, just as much as the most limited-with reference to what society conventionally… — Walt Whitman
We're all getting lashed to the great wheel of uniformity. — Robert James Waller
Adjustment, that synonym for conformity that comes more easily to the modern tongue, is the theme of our swan song, the piper's tune to which… — Robert M. Lindner
As one might expect, authoritarianism will at times cause children and students to adopt rebellious positions, defiant of any limit, discipline, or authority. But it… — Paulo Freire
We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited… — Vance Havner
Ideation is not a synonym for innovation, conformity is not its simple antonym, and innovation is not the automatic consequence of "creative thinking.". — Theodore Levitt
Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if… — T.D. Jakes
He who lives among dogs must learn to pant. — Fred Hoyle
The opposite of courage is conformity — Rickson Gracie
Conformity is inevitable when folks huddle together in rebellion. — Herbert Gold
As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not… — Will Durant
While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain… — Oscar Wilde
Man..must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being..And, consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker… — William Blackstone
True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the same way under… — John C. Calhoun
There is a universal moral law, as distinct from a moral code, which consists of certain statements of fact about the nature of man, and… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Cadence Encounter Conformal Custom provides a quicker turnaround as the result of its exhaustive verification without the use of stimuli, .. Cadence continues to invest… — Michael Chang

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