Quotes About Nonconformity

This girl did not scream 'cheerleader' at first glance. Or fourteenth.

All that can accurately be said about a man who thinks he is a poached egg is that he is in the minority.

Remember, the opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.

In a funny way, Dad was always a bow-tie wearer, always a little more traditional than you might imagine. Because even though he had blue hair and tattoos and wore leather jackets and worked in a record store, he wanted to marry Mom back at a time when the rest of their friends were still having drunken one-night stands. "Girlfriend is such a stupid word," he said. "I couldn't stand calling her that. So, we had to get married, so I could call her "wife"'.

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

I like to do things certain ways and I disagree with everybody but I don't even want to argue.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

I do this real moron thing, and it's called thinking. And apparently I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.

I'm not ashamed of my human or my lynx form. I wear clothes because people force me to. I don't need to put on a costume every morning to feel better about myself. -Jack

A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings.

A versatile Bohemianism had rendered him classless.

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.

We didn't go for music that sounded like blues, or jazz, or rock, or Led Zeppelin, or Rolling Stones. We didn't want to be like any of the other bands.

I applied to zero colleges.

The hallmark of courage in our age of conformity is the capacity to stand on one's convictions-not obstinately or defiantly (these are gestures of defensiveness, not courage) nor as a gesture of retaliation, but simply because these are what one believes.

If I smashed the traditions it was because I knew no traditions.

Whosoever would be a man must be a non-conformist.

I've always been suspicious of collective truths.

I'm not trying to be different. To me, I'm just being myself.

I'm not trying to fit in with nobody. I'm just me.

Tradition is the great misleader because it's too easy to follow what has already been done - even though you may think you're giving it a kick. I was really trying to invent, instead of merely expressing myself.

I didn't really feel like a girly girl. I didn't want to wear boob tubes and flared trousers and disco clothes. Then when punk came along it was like, 'Oh great, I can wear ripped jeans and manky t-shirts and flat caps.' It was just perfect timing for me.

I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.