Conventions Quotes

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The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions. — Paul Signac
Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to… — P.J. O'Rourke
It is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention. — Steve Vai
Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset.… — Richard Branson
On the eve of my laying down office, with the inauguration of the Republic, I should like to tender my greetings and best wishes to… — C. Rajagopalachari
I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water. — Michael Chertoff
Flip-flopping is kind of an easy thing to identify. During a recent convention, we heard an irate Senator make an angry speech declaring that it… — Frank Lautenberg
Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through. — Learned Hand
The musical scale is a convention which circumscribes the area of potentiality and permits construction within those limits in its own particular symmetry. — Iannis Xenakis
Palin is smart, politically skilled, courageous and likable. Her convention and debate performances were impressive. — David Brooks
As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve. — Mark Shields
Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention… — Alcee Hastings
I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that… — Gary Bauer
It appears that legal positions that you have supported have been used by the administration, the military, and the CIA to justify torture and Geneva… — Edward Kennedy
I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential… — Jon Postel
I dont like doing whats expected. Ive always done best when Ive listened to my instincts rather than following convention or doing what other people… — Shawn Colvin
The band and I were leading at a Youth Specialties convention. We were asked to back up Matt Maher for one of the sessions. Matt… — Chris Tomlin
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong… — Jon Corzine
Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions. — Carolyn Heilbrun
At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as… — Otto Hahn

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