Conventional Quotes

432 quotes by 390 authors

The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional — Walter Savage Landor
[Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often intoxicated, fails to get the story but delivers instead a… — R Z Sheppard
They haven't written the books to teach us all we want to know about our existence and us. And a large number of what is… — Mariana Fulger
Sanity - that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought — Erich Fromm
I'm a punch line professional, far from conventional, Always make a point like what comes right before a decimal, I never ate my vegetables, skipped… — Chris Webby
Our economic system treats environmental degradation as an externalitya cost that does not enter into the conventional arithmetic that determines how we use our resources — Barry Commoner
That's anzaimg! We love hearing from more and more people who are choosing the non conventional life, if only for a while, and exploring the… — Unknown Author
I'm entertaining as hell...expect to be normal, conventional, boring. No, man. We're shaking the trees. We're shaking all the trees! — Charlie Sheen
Conventional Wisdom is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today. — Orrin Woodward
I am pretty conventional, I was raised by a strict mother who said, 'Be sure to open doors and say please thank you and pull… — Chris Pine
No convention gets to be a convention at all except by grace of a lot of clever and powerful people first inventing it, and then… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
No legislation can suppress nature; all life rushes to reproduction; our procreativefaculties are matured early, while passion is strong, and judgment and self-restraint weak. We… — Tennessee Claflin

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