Certain Quote by Katharine Fullerton Gerould

Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society.

— Maria Montessori

Convention is another name for the habits of society.

— Rosamond Lehmann

Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is that conventionality…

— George Bernard Shaw

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

Most men's conscience, habits, and opinions are borrowed from convention and gather continually comforting assurances from the same social consensus that originally suggested them.

— George Santayana

Society's the mother of convention.

— Carolyn Wells

In fiction, we are not bound by social convention, so the things that mystify and unsettle are allowed to rise to the surface.

— Laura van den Berg

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

“And a society composed of men and women who do not bow too much to the conventions is a far more interesting society than…

— Bertrand Russell

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

— Steve Krug

Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred.

— Mary Catherine Bateson

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort…

— Criss Jami