Convention Quotes

318 Convention quotes by 269 unique authors

I really hate the creature film convention that says you have to wait until the end to see the monster. One hour and all you've… — Bong Joon-ho
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. — John Yoo
Jesus Christ, is this an NPR convention? — Jack White
A convention was drawn up on June 17, 1925, in which the principle of supervision, as opposed to that of simple propaganda, was recognized, thanks… — Leon Jouhaux
The worship of convention has never yet led to astonishment and a joyous leap in human potential. — Tama J. Kieves
People think one-point and two-point perspective is how the world actually looks, but of course, it isn't. It's a convention. — Roy Lichtenstein
Convention is the ruler of all. — Pindar
Watercolour could have been used more by the modernists. It is so direct, and when the white paper convention is accepted, so powerful, even brutal,… — David Milne
I've done really well so far in my career by trusting the audience to be as dissatisfied with convention as I am, as a film-goer.… — Christopher Nolan
There are clear differences between child and adult artistic activity. While the child may be aware that he is doing things differently from others, he… — Howard Gardner
Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention. — Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination. — Walter Darby Bannard
Great paintings have gradations, large and small... They serve to lift the subject off the two-dimensionality of the canvas. Gradations are an essential abstract convention. — Robert Genn
New material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention. — Lawren Harris
There is, as yet, no sense of pride in the husbandry of wild plants and animals, no sense of shame in the proprietorship of a… — Aldo Leopold
What every prime minister struggles with and every leader struggles with is how to balance the two objectives; firstly that of ensuring that all asylum… — Malcolm Turnbull
Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a… — J C Watts
Look, this CPAC convention is increasingly the Star Wars bar scene of the conservative movement. All thatâ€™s missing from that convention is a couple of… — Steve Schmidt
The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world… — Winston Churchill
In pulp fiction it is a rigid convention that the hero's shoulders and the heroine's balcon constantly threaten to burst their bonds, a possibility which… — S. J. Perelman

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