Convention Quotes

318 Convention quotes by 269 unique authors

In sci-fi convention, life-forms that hadn't developed space travel were mere prehistory -- horse-shoe crabs of the cosmic scene -- and something of the humiliation… — Barbara Ehrenreich
The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention. — Ugo Betti
If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap or… — Aleister Crowley
For the serious mediocre writer convention makes him sound like a lot of other people; for the popular writer it gives him a formula he… — Northrop Frye
If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by… — Larry Sabato
Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition… — John Yoo
Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. — John Yoo
I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. — China Mieville
The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in… — William Greider
Democritus sometimes does away with what appears to the senses, and says that none of these appears according to truth but only according to opinion:… — Sextus Empiricus
I know Teddy Kennedy had fun at the Democratic convention when he said that I said that trees and vegetation caused 80 percent of the… — Ronald Reagan
What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair. — Dave Mustaine
The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked. — Alfred Nobel
New forms of media - first movies, then television, talk radio and now the Internet - tend to challenge traditional codes of conduct. They flout… — Willow Bay
Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation. — Jane Byrne
Americans just love convening. They are a convention-happy country and they love to get together to talk. — Marcus Buckingham
When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give… — Susan Estrich
Regimes are modes of self-discipline, but are not solely constituted by the orderings of convention in day-to-day life; they are personal habits, organised in some… — Anthony Giddens
It's funny because 'The Book of Mormon' is 'The Book of Mormon' now. When I was doing it at the very beginning, and I was… — Josh Gad
I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention. — Peter Greenaway

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