Quotes About Conformity

Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don't— If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumption— That you must not feel anything at all.

In fact, being a unique individual is as much of a farce as trying to be like everyone else. Maybe more.

Protection," John Stuart Mill wrote, "against the tyranny of the magistrate is not enough; there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling.

Resisting madness is the maddest way of being mad.

The primary function of education is to make one maladjusted to ordinary society.

She wondered then if she had ever been on the right track. She had been reticent all her life, because it turned out that her opinions were different from what others expected. 'That proves either that I am an exceptional idiot, or the reverse.

All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best

Evde oturmaya o kadar al??m???m ki sanki evden ç?k?nca gerçek bir dünyada ya?am?yorum.Evin d???nda her yer sanki ayn?,sanki bütün insanlar birbirine benziyor.Ne ac?kl? de?il mi?

Herkes istedi?i mesle?i seçecektir. Ressam olmak isteyenler reklamc?, yazar olmak isteyenler mühendis, mimar olmak isteyenler iktisatç?, meyhaneci olmak isteyenler hukukçu, hukukçu olmak isteyenler tezgâhtar, adam olmak isteyenler u?ak ve diledi?i gibi ya?amak isteyenler rezil olmayacaklard?r.

Selim, insan?n yarat?c? hayal gücünü öldürüyordu. Kambur duru?u, da??n?k saçlar? ve ütüsüz elbisesiyle Selim, insan? can s?k?nt?s? ve ümitsizli?e sürüklüyordu. ?nsan ona bak?nca, gerçi bir süre kendinden memnun oluyordu; fakat sonunda can? s?k?l?yordu.

Onu görüyorlard?. Hiçbir ?ey yapmadan, aptalca bir düzen içinde ya?arken kimse görmüyordu. Sonra, al???lm???n d???ndaen küçük bir davran??? görüyorlard?. Nas?l görüyorlard? acaba? Sizi gördük diyorlard?.

Beni babama çok benzetirlerdi. Ona benzedi?im için adam olamad?m, serseri oldum art?k eve çamurlu ayakkab?lar?mla girece?im,

Senin i?in bir bak?ma kolayd? babac???m. Birçok ?eyi yok sayarak belirli bir düzen içinde ya?ad?n. Sinemaya gitmedin. Hiç roman okumad?n. Zeytinya?l? enginar yemedin. Yabanc? ülke özlemi çekmedin. Kimseye hediye almad?n. Evde ku?konmazdan ba?ka bitki yeti?tirmedin.

Fakat, hay?r: Adnan Targa, kendisi de?ildi ki; Adnan Targa bir dekand? ve 'statüko'nun her ne pahas?na olursa olsun savunmas?n? yapmak durumundayd?.

Bana hep haks?zl?k yapt???n duygusu vard? içimde: Bence her zaman bana haks?z yere söylenirdin; çal??kan bir ö?renci oldu?um halde "Bu çocuk kitap yüzü açm?yor," diye homurdan?rd?n, üstüme uymayan kötü dikilmi? elbiseler giydirirdin, istemedi?im okullara gönderirdin beni, s?zlanmalar?m? da hiç dinlemezdin.

Fakat bizde erkeklerin, k?r?tmaya çal??arak hizmet etmesi bir garip oluyor. ?yi terbiye edilmemi? sirk hayvanlar?na benziyorlar. Efendimiz, milletimiz u?akl??a al??am?yor bir türlü.

I can change myself, but it's an effort. And it doesn't last. It's easier to do as water does: allow myself to be contained, and take on the shape of my containers.

why can't I do what others have done—ignore the obvious. Live a normal life. It's hard enough just to do that in this world.

She learned quickly that it was not good to be too different. Great differences caused envy, suspicion, fear, charges of witchcraft.

He wasn't a monster at all. Just an ordinary man who sometimes did the monstrous things his society said were legal and proper.

You're supposed to be dirty now. If you're clean, you make a target of yourself. People think you're showing off, trying to be better than they are. Among the younger kids, being clean is a great way to start a fight.

Normal,' I muttered. 'I wonder what that is.

Why can't I do what others have done - ignore the obvious. Live a normal life. It's hard enough just to do that in this world.

You're supposed to be dirty now. If you're clean, you make a target of yourself. People think you're showing off, trying to be better than they are. Among the younger kids, being clean is a great way to start a fight.