Quotes About Individuality

I looked at the woman next to Bernard Quest on his left. She was middle-aged, with a scrawny neck and dominating ears, and was unquestionably a rugged individualist, since no lipstick had been allowed anywhere near her.

Labels are for the things men make, not for men.

What are you, a scientist, or an artist?" Wolfe was frowning at him. "If you please, Mr. Jarrett, no labels. Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.

Must I again demonstrate that while it is permissible to request the scientist to lead you back over his footprints, a similar request of the artist is nonsense, since he, like the lark or the eagle, has made none?

Certainly. You don't owe him anything. As for me, I'm not that conceited. I'm not actually conceited at all. I merely think it's common sense to like myself.

Indeed,' I said. That was Nero Wolfe's word, and I never used it except in moments of stress, and it severely annoyed my when I caught myself using it, because when I look in a mirror I prefer to see me as is, with no skin grafted from anybody else's hide, even Nero Wolfe's.

Some spit fire out of their mouths and others juggled balls or pins, their faces painted to look like clowns. Juana wondered if they did that to hide their real faces and not feel ashamed.

Strength just comes in one brand - you. Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you and keep your hair combed

Each song has its own way that it likes to be done, but it can be more than one way. If you tap into it, you can feel it.

Rachael could find no solace in other people's tales of woe. Pain was uniquely one's own, and undiminished by a democracy of suffering.

Pero no puedes crear la vida de otras personas. No puedes pensar por ellas, y si intentas inculcar tus opiniones a los demás, sólo conseguirás atraer fuerzas semejantes hacia Ti. Deja que los demás creen la vida que deseen.

No puedes invocar algo en nombre de otra persona, porque no puedes pensar ni sentir por otro. Tu trabajo eres Tú. Cuando sentirte bien se convierte en tu prioridad, esa espléndida frecuencia irradia y alcanza a los que tienes mas cerca

You cannot create other people's lives for them.

You cannot live someone else's life. Your life is what you make of it. You have to decide what you want.

I'm not completely sure yet whether I want to marry at all," I said. "To tell you the truth, I don't like the thought of being under the thumb of some man for the rest of my life. It seems to me that women are expected to surrender all freedom and individuality when they become wives.

You are the artist. Your emotions are your own creation.

If we do not let people do things the way they do, we will never know what they are really capable of and they will just follow our boarding school rules

Este grupo (que inclui supervisores, chefias e diretores) tem uma particularidade unica - é um grupo constituido de profissionais que deixaram de ser empregados, mas não chegaram a virar patroes. Sao os Roberta Close da empresa.

Now Semco employees are free to customize their workdays, to come in earlier or later than traditional schedules. The hours they work are determined by their self-interest, not by company dictates. They're the best judges of the amount of time and the proper place necessary to get their job done.

We're in favor of a hierarchy of self-interest and talent and opposed to the symbols of power and control that come with it.

So we did what we always do when there is dissent: nothing. We believe blindly in the virtues of dissent. We don't want a crowd of brainwashed workers. We don't want them to sing company songs, memorize company mission statements, and learn to speak only when spoken to.

Yo soy Ricardo y soy Silva y soy Romero, soy yo y soy mi padre y soy mi madre, ni más ni menos que esos tres,

No vivía por nadie ni para nadie ni con nadie ni ante nadie ni desde nadie ni según nadie ni en nadie porque vivir en pareja no sólo era una farsa, sino un atajo a la doble personalidad

thog no girly-orc, thog manly-orc who just happens to like figure skating!