Quotes About Nonconformity

I can't think straight. But why am I trying to do that anyway? Everybody else thinks straight. That's why nobody expects me to think zigzag-hop.

Mosca sniffed at perfection. Perfection had no pulse and no heart.

Just between you and me,' Mosca whispered, 'radicalism is all about walkin' on the grass.

I want to be a bad example," she said. "I see." Myrtle stirred herself, ready to walk to the prow. "Well, my dear, I think you have made an excellent start.

Humans living and dead might suddenly turn on you, but wild things just lived on in their brute, wild way, caring nothing for you. When they died, they left no ghosts.

Where is it written that houses must be beige? Any dun colored house would look better if painted pineapple, cream, ochre, or even a smart sage.

I'm not interested in pop art.

The apostle Paul urges Christians everywhere in all ages to be nonconformists as far as the world system is concerned. We are not to conform. A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world.

There are those today that say we must do as others do, that we must conform to the world [to win it], that we must swim with the tide, that we must move with the crowd. But the believer should say, "No.

Satanism means 'the opposition' and epitomizes all symbols of nonconformity. Satanism calls forth the strong ability to turn a liability into an advantage, to turn alienation into exclusivity. In other words, the reason it's called Satanism is because it's fun, it's accurate and it's productive.

Take off your pants and Jacket

Look, when I started out, mainstream culture was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound of Music. There was no fitting into it then and of course, there's no fitting into it now.

I'm more of an adventurous type than a relationship type.

Julia dealt with rules the way she later dealt with vegetarians; she pretended they didn't exist.

I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.

Why let them order you about? Why let them tell you to hurry and scurry like ants or maggots? Take your time! Saunter a while! Enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the breeze, let life carry you at your own pace! Don't be slaves of time, it's a helluva way to die, slowly, by degrees...down with the Ticktockman!

but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.

Some folks don't like the way I live. Now I could say the hell with 'em, I don't care if they don't like it. I do say I don't care if they don't like it, right enough - but I don't say the hell with 'em, see?

He did not do the things our schoolmates' fathers did: he never went hunting, he did not play poker or fish or drink or smoke. He sat in the livingroom and read.

I wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants.

New York is saying to me right now: you, Jean Louise Finch, are not reacting according to our doctrines regarding your kind, therefore you do not exist.

I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change.

There's nothing wrong with not looking like something. It just means you don't fit the stereotype yet.

I don't give a damn about what people say. They can be reptile food for all I care.