Norm Quotes

294 quotes by 260 authors

When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness. — Dale Archer
We need a program of psychosurgery for political control of our society. The purpose is physical control of the mind. Everyone who deviates from the… — Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Advertising is about norms and values, aspirations and prejudices. It is about culture. — Anil Ambani
We might sometimes reflect and recall that the purpose of all our science, technology, industry, manufacturing, commerce, and finance is celebration, planetary celebration. This is… — Thomas Berry
Truth and falsehood are opposed; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also. — C.S. Lewis
There are no variations except for those who know a norm, and no subtleties for those who have not grasped the obvious. — C.S. Lewis
Hurricane seasons with four or more super-hurricanes, those with sustained wind speeds of 131 mph or more will soon become the norm. — Joseph J. Romm
Only stilted pedants can conceive the idea that there are absolute norms to tell what is beautiful and what is not. They try to derive… — Ludwig von Mises
Through developing trusting and respectful relationships with the boys in our lives, we can help boys to value and acknowledge their relational capabilities, which they… — Judy Chu
Boys' connectionsâ€”to other people and to their selvesâ€”can enable them to think and act of their own volition and to resist overly restrictive norms and… — Judy Chu
There always exists an absolute norm to be preserved — Pope Pius XII
Homosexuality is not 'normal' On the contrary it is a challenge to the norm...Nature exists whether academics like it or not. And in nature, procreation… — Camille Paglia
People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that. — Max Cannon
For too long we have occupied ourselves with responding to the consequences of cruelty and abuse and have neglected the important task of building up… — John Hoyt
Weekly $25,000 shopping binges at Barney's and "high end" boutiques for clothes I barely wore were the norm. So were lavish meals with friends where… — Andy Behrman
Anyone who is different or is slightly out of the norm, is considered crazy. — Eric Cantona
Instead of just recording reality, photographs have become the norm for the way things appear to us, thereby changing the very idea of reality and… — Susan Sontag
For me, self-discipline has never corresponded to a voluntary adhesion to norms invented by others. It has always been the first step towards breaking the… — Eugenio Barba
When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching. It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters, — Geoffrey Canada

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