Quotes About Individuality

If a corporation has two executives who think alike, one of them is unnecessary" Reply to a student at a management seminar 1973 when asked if all his managers were required to share his conservative view. (Quoted in John F. Love's book "McDonald's behind the golden arches", p87)

Tal y como dice el neurocientífico del MIT Sebastian Seung, "la identidad no depende de nuestros genes, sino de las conexiones entre nuestras células cerebrales" (

De los libros que ella me dio a leer mientras trataba de instruirme saqué la conclusión de que no hay cosas muy distintas en ningún lugar del mundo y que por eso la gente se viste de colores diferentes y canta canciones distintas para soñar por un segundo que algo distintos son.

No es fácil que confíes en ti mismo cuando todos confían en que seas alguna otra cosa distinta.

Se llamaba Mónica y era morena. Y tenía su vida, su novio, todas esas cosas que tiene la gente. Y no era, y esto Sebastián querría dejarlo muy claro, una musa ni una maga, ni una bruja ni un recuerdo, ni nada de esas cosas con las que la literatura suprime a menudo a las mujeres.

God does not want a church filled with white-robed saints. He does not want a church filled with theological authorities or cultured clergyman. He wants a church filled with ordinary men and women who exemplify the extraordinary integrity, temperament, wholeness, compassion, individuality, boldness, righteousness, earnestness, love, forgiveness, selflessness, and faithfulness of Jesus Christ!

This world has no idea what you're really worth. Around here you are, at best, useful. You fit into a market niche or a voting bloc or some other impersonal category, to be manipulated for someone's selfish agenda.

He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.

we each construct our own reality by interpreting the external world on the basis of our unique experiences with it and our beliefs about those experiences.

the thing that "makes us human. We have minds. We make our own choices and live by them. We shape our own lives with how we behave towards others.

He wanted to be content with an identity nicely chopped into pieces of varying lengths, but whose character was always similar, without dyeing it in autumnal colors, drenching it in April showers or mottling it with the instability of clouds.

The point is that our difference from beasts is wall to wall, permeating every moment of our day.

This book is dedicated to every woman who has ever felt self-conscious about her size. Outer beauty comes in all sizes, shapes, heights, ages, and colors. And inner beauty will always shine through, no matter what the packaging.

This is my theory," she said. "If everybody is dressing formal, wear jeans. If everybody is wearing jeans, dress formal. Be different. They'll notice you.

Jimmy Bowen: You've got to find your own songs, because nobody but you knows what you want to sing.

Excuse me, but what kinda black lady are you?" I smiled, looked at her, and said, "The kinda black lady that you wanna know.

I have a Greek-American friend who named her daughter "Nike" and is often asked why she chose to name her offspring after a sneaker.

The man for me has to have his own life or be as busy as me.

When I began making electronic music, the only thing I was thinking about was creating music that I really liked. I didn't think about what effect it would have; I was busy doing it.

There was a time when everybody was busy doing, 'What is she wearing? How is she looking?' I am happy that is changing now.

I'm competitive but I'm not butch.

I wasn't a social butterfly at all.

I like to read books and be alone; I'm not social butterfly person.

I have two belly buttons.