Clever Quote by Katharine Fullerton Gerould

A convention is a social pattern we have chosen to prefer over whatever the raw world simply proffers. It is a sign of the…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

Convention is another name for the habits of society.

— Rosamond Lehmann

You don't have to follow anybody's conventions.

— James Frey

Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage…

— Steven Pinker

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

— Hedy Lamarr

I always like playing with some sort of typical convention or idea and turning it over.

— Thom Browne

Convention is the ruler of all.

— Pindar

“As a rule, conventions only become conventions if they work.”

— Steve Krug

Profound skepticism is favorable to conventions, because it doubts that the criticism of conventions is any truer than they are.

— George Santayana

The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its utility can…

— Carol Bellamy

There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that…

— George Santayana

Conventions, like clichés, have a way of surviving their own usefulness.

— Jane Rule