Nonconformity Quotes
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Nonconformity Quotes & Sayings
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-I have to admit that ever since I started to rip-up the lawns of rich people I have felt a lot calmer!
— Andrew James Pritchard
I am not a number; I am a free man.
— Patrick McGoohan
The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.
— Pablo Antonio Cuadra
185. It Is Getting So Dark
I am the sort of person who approves of what others abhor and detests the things they like. — Sei Shonagon
I am the sort of person who approves of what others abhor and detests the things they like. — Sei Shonagon
At one time or another most of us at the Creek have been suspected of a degree of madness. Madness is only a variety of mental nonconformity ...
— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
I dare say a good many ... would have kept quiet and thought about keeping on the right side of the Chief, but I'm afraid I'm not much good at that.
— Richard Adams
So distracting, so complete is she that she is gone before many realize that she had no escort, she was along, a parade of one.
— Jerry Spinelli
There was alienation in the standing consciousness that his squareness would not fit the round hole that had been prepared for him.
— Thomas Hardy
This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.
— Donna Woolfolk Cross
It is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement.
— R. H. Tawney
She was a surprise, and let's face it, few people are.
— Donna Lynn Hope
Authority should be questioned, hierarchies should be circumvented, nonconformity should be admired, and creativity should be nurtured.
— Walter Isaacson
Madness is only a variety of mental nonconformity and we are all individualists here.
— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
If you don't give yourself permission to create a new world, chances are nobody else will.
— James Altucher
The implication of nonconformity is intolerable to Communists.
— Doan Van Toai
Snark functions as a device to punish human spontaneity, eccentricity, nonconformity, and simple error. Everyone is being snarked into line,
— Ryan Holiday
Nonconformity is an affront to those in the mainstream.
— David Miller
How come when girls play with gender it's a sign of strength and when boys play with gender it's a sign of weakness?
— Lori Duron
If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A hint of nonconformity was all he would risk.
— William Landay
Cause and effect is the basis of my education, leading me to an essence far more profound than any rule of societal conditioning.
— Ka Chinery
Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in.
— Emile Zola
He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road," said Sarah. "Which I can completely understand.
— Hilary McKay
Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation of nonconformists.
— Ben Shahn
Nonconformity is nothing but self-interest in disguise.
— Lisa Kleypas
Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again.
— Criss Jami
For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most people want so desperately to be an individual yet are so easily shaped by the media.
— Criss Jami
A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive.
— Luis Bunuel
Nonconformity in dating is all about being authentic and true to yourself.
— Amy Leigh Mercree
Some people respect some people only because some people respect them.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana