Conventions Quotes

458 quotes by 377 authors

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions. — Julia Ward Howe
We need the UN, to deal with the threats to our common security from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, not only in the case of… — Anna Lindh
There's no point in making films unless you intend to show us something special, otherwise just go out and watch a play. Kubrick showed us… — Bryan Singer
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
I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage. — Anton Chekhov
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
Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything. — Alan Watts
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 would define globalization as the freedom for my group of companies to invest where it wants when it wants, to produce what it wants,… — Unknown Author
To create a community of radical scholars, men and women who recognize that rules and social conventions are arbitrary, but have mastered them nonetheless, a… — Unknown Author
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
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can… — Alfred Nobel
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
A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings. — Ingvar Kamprad

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