Quotes About Conformity

incumbency has an interest in maintaining the status quo. To question well, you must have the ability to say, 'It doesn't have to be that way.

What would happen if this happens?' I do that on my own—I do all of my exploring outside of school. Because in school it's not allowed and that just . . . really sucks."   If

People do grow up, unless stunted by some mass movement or other group sickness.

homogenous: Men in their twenties

Religion survives by telling us we need to fall in line or some horrible fate will befall us.

keep trying to fit into the conventional system but something beckons you beyond that, and you're not even sure how to explain it. Your

Bareheaded. No cap. Instead of crisp whites, a peasant blouse. "You're not a nurse.

Individualism is going around these days in uniform, handing out the party line on individualism.

Akla uygun oldu?u sürece bütün yasalara uyar?m, ama kat? ya da anlams?z kural ve yasalarla sava??r?m.

Senin "kamuoyu" dedi?in ?ey, bütün küçük adam ve küçük kad?nlar?n görü?lerinin toplam?d?r. Her küçük adam ve küçük kad?n?n do?ru ve yanl?? görü?leri vard?r. Yanl?? görü?leri vard?r, çünkü ba?ka küçük adam ve küçük kad?nlar?n yanl?? görü?lerinden korkmaktad?rlar. Bu korku yüzünden do?ru görü?ler dile getirilmez.

Zu viele Leute hielten ihre Gewohnheiten für Grundregeln der Welt.

În realitate, nimic nu te re?ine acolo unde toat? lumea crede c? trebuie s? r?mâi.

You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh because you are all the same.

We don't always see ourselves as superior, but we almost always see ourselves as unique. Even when we do precisely what others do, we tend to think that we're doing it for unique reasons.

Everything that we abandon in the false dream of conforming to a system is precisely what will subsequently come along and block our path.

Reading is an act of resistance. Against what? Against all constraints.

This is best thing about being manly: it's so easy to fake. Smear some oil on your face, or nod and say "Aaah" near mechanics.

I wondered if whiteness were contagious. If it were, then surely I had caught it. I imagined this "condition" affected the way I walked, talked, dressed, danced, and at its most advanced stage, the way I looked at the world and at other people.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. —ALBERT CAMUS

A sheep in wolf's clothing should not bleat within the pack.

No reason. Because it's always been done that way. That's the standard explanation for anything.

Defining the norm is its instrument of control over idiosyncrasy.

Debt is normal! So why be normal?

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing.