Quotes About Uniqueness

It was the central thing; it was the way you understood yourself; if it never happened to you, not ever, you would be like a mutant, a creature from outer space. Everyone knew that. Falling

It's fun to be different, but not too different!

then she smiled and said that we were precious flowers, and who ever heard of a rebellious flower?

I'm not just any dead man, he says out loud. Of course not! Each one of us is unique! And every single dead person is dead in his or her very own special way! Now, who wants to share about being dead, in our own special words? Jimmy, you seem eager to talk, so why don't you begin?

Of course Crake wasn't Crake yet, at that time: his name was Glenn. Why did it have two n's instead of the usual spelling? "My dad liked music," was Crake's explanation, once Jimmy got around to asking him about it, which had taken a while. "He named me after a dead pianist, some boy genius with two n's.

the beige should not wear beige.

It took me a long time to figure out that the youngest in a family of dragons is still a dragon from the point of view of those who find dragons alarming.

and then she smiled and said that we were precious flowers, and who ever heard of a rebellious flower?

if it never happened to you, not ever, you would be like a mutant, a creature from outer space. Everyone knew that.

I thought she'd get angry then, but all she said was, "You are not unique in the universe. No one has an easy time in life. But maybe God has effed up—as you put it—your life for a reason." "And I can hardly fucking wait to find out what that is," I said.

God made them that way but He did not make you that way. He made you different. It's up to you to set the boundaries.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own age but from those of your parents' generation and from your children's generation too. They'll never understand you and they'll be shocked no matter what you do. But your grandparents would probably be proud of you and say: 'There's a chip off the old block,' and your grandchildren will sigh enviously and say: 'What an old rip Grandma must have been!' and they'll try to be like you.

Sound unique and commit... the human has to transcend technology and that's what people will hear.

I'd rather be myself," he said. "Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly.

You want to be yourself, idiosyncratic; the collective (school, rules, jobs, technology) wants you generic to the point of castration.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

People are complicated. And messy. Seems too convenient that we'd all fit inside some multiple-choice question.

Be thankful not only that you are an individual but also that others are different. The world needs all kinds, but it also needs to respect and use that individuality.

Don't compare your life to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon. They both shine when it's their time.

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

Cosmic time is the same for everyone, but human time differs with each person. Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.

We are all of us, unique - each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.