Quotes About Uniqueness

Show me a person who doesn't have a past and I'll show you a boring bastard

People are all purpose tokens, but you must remember each adds, subtracts, multiplies, divides, integrates… in its unique way. It is difficult and unfair to use generalized laws.

What is the translation for "I love you because you are" in the Cars language? In the War language for snowdrops?

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

America where there is the little old ramshackle victoria in the south, where cigars are smoked on the street in the north; where there are no proof-readers, no silkworms, no digressions; the wild man's land; grassless, linksless, languageless country in which letters are written not in Spanish, not in Greek, not in Latin, not in shorthand, but in plain American which cats and dogs can read!

Curious that it is impossible for a man to be original without attracting around him a set of unoriginal minds, as though he were a honey-pot and they the flies!

Accettare di non essere come gli altri, e così continuare la propria strada come si sente che sia giusto, esige in realtà una grande rettitudine e molto coraggio.

I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.

Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can.

Perfectionism sucks the air out of your uniqueness and leaves you empty, away from who you could become.

But I always felt that I'd rather be provincial hot-tamale than soup without seasoning.

What is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander, but it is not necessarily sauce for the chicken, the duck, the turkey or the Guinea hen.

Don't try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on 'Food Network.'

I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live.

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same gray flannel suit! That road leads to the conformity of the graveyard!

Seek freedom from the conformity of styles

Proving one's freedom will often mean insisting on the most arbitrary, odd, unrepeatable aspects of one's behavior.

Imperfection is a core dimension of freedom.

So they're looking for a new face, with a voice to go along. I can tell you right now that ain't my style. I don't do no sing alongs, with my freedom.

our friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are.

Now, each of us has his own special gift And you know this was meant to be true. And if you don't underestimate me I won't underestimate you.

You can't compare any job or any friendship or anything to another. I think if you do, it's kind of a recipe for disaster.

People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.

I'm a nut, but not just a nut.