Conventional Quotes

432 quotes by 390 authors

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. — Henry A. Kissinger
I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. — Hedy Lamarr
Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly… — Lucy Larcom
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories. — Christopher Lasch
I think maybe even one of the reasons I became an actor was actually to hide. I mean, it sounds paradoxical because, of course, people… — Hugh Laurie
I reject most conventional wisdom. — Rush Limbaugh
I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings. — George R. R. Martin
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with. — Golda Meir
As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now… — Alan Moore
Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. — Carroll O'Connor
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves. — Yoko Ono
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And… — Tom Peters
The early pioneers of both wellness and network marketing were motivated by the sense that it was possible to create a better life than the… — Paul Zane Pilzer
People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it. — Anna Quindlen
Raising a child is a little like Picasso's work; in the beginning he did very conventional representational things. Cubism came after he had the rules… — Anna Quindlen
My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's… — Nigel Rees
Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. — Christopher Reeve
The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in… — David Rockefeller
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. — Bertrand Russell

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