Convention Quotes

318 Convention quotes by 269 unique authors

Plot is a literary convention. Story is a force of nature. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Liverpool have played with no real convention — Ray Houghton
It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young… — Ian Hart
This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention. — Wilhelm Keitel
When you had an â€˜anam cara,â€™ (soul friend), your friendship cut across all convention and category. You were joined in an ancient and eternal way… — John O'Donohue
I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was… — Persis Khambatta
I really think, if anything, there is more evidence to show that the violent games reduce aggression and violence. There have actually been some studies… — John Carmack
We only have one future, and it will be made of our dreams, if we have the courage to challenge convention. — Soichiro Honda
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went… — Alan Dean Foster
I am opposed to looking upon logic as a kind of game. ... One might think that it is a matter of choice or convention… — Karl Popper
If there was a big gardening convention, and you got up and gave a speech in favor of fast-motion gardening, I bet you would get… — Jack Handey
Sex is difficult, yes. But they are difficult things with which we have been charged...If you only recognize this and manage out of yourself, out… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Writing is in fact an entirely outworn, decayed and corrupt convention whose chief & most conspicuous character is its monumental witness to the conservatism, laziness… — Eric Gill
To be free from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it. — Alan Watts
The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive. — C. G. Weeramantry
I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention,… — Susan Estrich
White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. Itâ€™s a form of theatrical empathy thatâ€™s socially and financially rewarded.… — Jack Donovan
It's a lonely road for those of us who choose to be remarkable, and the path of convention can sometimes be appealing. That path is… — Chris Guillebeau
Most people donâ€™t really want to think independently or make decisions; theyâ€™re herd animals with herd instincts to keep to the middle of the group… — Blanche Barton
Welcome delegates to the 2012 Republican Convention! Remember to set your watches back 400 years. — Andy Borowitz

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