Quotes About Distinctiveness

All things counter, original, spare, strange...

We want to possess what they're not making any more, what not many others can get and what will distinguish us from others.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than any existence of mediocrity.

Humanity hungers for the uncommon.

I love being unconventional because that's the reason I stand out.

Dare to be different.

The usefulness of a man or woman of God relies on the ability to remain distinct.

The one thing I have that nobody else has or can duplicate is my sound. The sound of my voice. The sound of my life. Others may say similar things but they can't say them like I do.

The more specific you are the more general it'll be.

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.

If you have something about yourself that's different, you're lucky. It's not a curse.

Marvel's got a crowded universe, and there are already so many characters hogging the spotlight that it's hard to break through that. First off, whatever character you're creating, odds are, there's already someone similar in one way or another.

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

And so it's sort of a fine line where you want to be recognizable as professional wrestling but you also want to set yourself apart from what some people consider the standard of professional wrestling, which is the WWE.

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.

There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint - just trying to do cooler things. Every band sells t-shirts and plays certain auditoriums, but I'm sick of being like everyone else, because I'm not.

I'm the guy that stands out in all the crowds, so I don't get out there and dance, but I can dance.

I've always wanted to do things different, always wanted to be the person who stands out from the pack.

I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child.

If I look to see what I ever did that, for all I now know, some other man might not have done, I am utterly unable to discover the certainly unique deed.

The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches.

A genius is the one most like himself.