Norm Quotes

294 quotes by 260 authors

I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, not in a chaos without norms, even though that… — M.C. Escher
At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they… — Sean Parker
Stock kernels will be the norm for some time. — Bill Hayden
We must learn to outgrow our egos in exchange for constructive dialogue rather than debate. Â In addition, we must be capable of stating problems… — Jacque Fresco
As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end. — Robyn Hitchcock
Organic is something we can all partake of and benefit from. When we demand organic, we are demanding poison-free food. We are demanding clean air.… — Maria Rodale
For those searching for something more than just the norm. We lay it all down, including what others call sanity, for just a few moments… — Laird Hamilton
Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What are our priorities? First, the welfare, the survival of the people. Then, democratic norms and processes which from time to time we have to… — Lee Kuan Yew
Given currency by Jrgen Habermas in the late l980s, 'constitutional patriotism' has emerged as an appealing principle for post-national political allegiance. Jan-Werner Mller traces the… — Charles S. Maier
Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can… — Stanley Fish
One of the basics of a good system of innovation is diversity. In some ways, the stronger the culture (national, institutional, generational, or other), the… — Nicholas Negroponte
Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards. — James S. Coleman
In recent years a new International System has been developing, oriented toward the establishment of norms and principles of universal jurisdiction, above national sovereignty, in… — Vicente Fox
The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been thoroughly refuted. This… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
The key is to be true to your community's norms and values. You can't just force yourself on people and try to sell them something… — Chris DeWolfe
When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul. — Ralph Washington Sockman
I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because I think that… — Guy Picciotto
The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards. — Johan Huizinga
The horror of the Holocaust is not that it deviated from human norms; the horror is that it didn't. What happened may happen again, to… — Yehuda Bauer

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