Convention Quotes

318 Convention quotes by 269 unique authors

Sanity ... had it ever been more than a convention -- a comfortable set of blinkers, an agreed mode of wishful thinking, which excluded from… — C.S. Lewis
Money does not arise by convention, any more than the state does. It arises out of exchange, and arises naturally out of exchange; it is… — Karl Marx
If you're 25 years old dressed up like Superman at a comic book convention, that's great. If you're 78 and you're doing it, something's wrong. — Billy Bob Thornton
I have a fun time, doing the meet and greets, the pictures and the autographs. Every show I've ever done, lends itself to that kind… — David Anders
I was at the 1976 Republican Convention in Kansas City. I was running 'Nobody for President' at the time. I printed up these press releases… — Wavy Gravy
'Love' is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like 'move.' The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem… — James Fenton
My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that.… — Nathan Fillion
When I go to a sci-fi convention, oh God, it's the closest thing to being a rock star I will ever know in this life.… — Nathan Fillion
I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of… — Harold Ford, Jr.
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to… — William Hague
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance… — Aldous Huxley
It's always interesting - how do you actually convey thought through song? We're used to the convention on stage. In film, we used to be… — Hugh Jackman
The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas… — John Maynard Keynes
I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s. — Anthony Kiedis
I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. — Hedy Lamarr
You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. — Gustav Mahler
2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox… — Thomas Menino
In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton's campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They didn't buy his… — Dee Dee Myers
If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention. — Nathan Myhrvold
Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much… — Barack Obama
The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I… — Terry Pratchett
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been… — Will Rogers
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. — Bertrand Russell
Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the… — Paul Ryan
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. — Franz Schubert

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