Quotes About Nonconformity

A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.

The dwarf and the woman, lucky miscreants, outlanders, errors that should not exist but lived on anyway. (314)

Pertence verdadeiramente ao seu tempo, é verdadeiramente contemporâneo, aquele que não coincide perfeitamente com este, nem está adequado às suas pretensões e é, portanto, nesse sentido, inatual; mas, exatamente por isso, exatamente através desse deslocamento e desse anacronismo, ele é capaz, mais do que os outros, de perceber e apreender seu tempo.

Quando se cresce junto de uma figura tão fora do comum, a única revolta possível é o conformismo.

We are the women our parents warned us about - and we are proud!

Girls need to know they can break the rules. If the nuns had told me that, I could have saved twenty years.

Often asked why you're not married? Explain: I can't mate in captivity!

The greatest human weakness is conformity to falsity.

Conformity kills creativity. Stay curious and ask questions. Be yourself and stand courageous.

Don't think you're on the right road just because it's a well-beaten path.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause & reflect).

Si je n'aime pas une chose, je ne l'aime pas, voilà tout ; et rien au monde ne me fera l'aimer, parce que la grande majorité de mes contemporains l'aime, ou fait semblant de l'aimer. Mes goûts et mes aversions ne suivent pas la mode.

non bisogna essere schiavi che della bellezza. La serva e mandi al diavolo la folla imbecille. Il successo!

Ben yine de kendi hazlar?m?, insanoÄŸlunun ittifakla verdiÄŸi hükümlerden önemsiz görmeyeceÄŸim. EÄŸer bir ÅŸeyi sevmediysem sevmedim demektir, o kadar. Åžu güneÅŸin alt?ndaki hiçbir sebep sadece türdeÅŸlerim çoÄŸunluk olarak onu beÄŸeniyor diye o beÄŸeniyi benim de taklit etmemi gerektirme. HoÅŸland???m ya da hoÅŸlanmad???m ÅŸeylerde moday? takip edecek deÄŸilim.

Ben yine de kendi hazlar?m?, insanoÄŸlunun ittifakla verdiÄŸi hükümlerden önemsiz görmeyeceÄŸim. EÄŸer bir ÅŸeyi sevmediysem sevmedim demektir, o kadar. Åžu güneÅŸin alt?ndaki hiçbir sebep sadece türdeÅŸlerim çoÄŸunluk olarak onu beÄŸeniyor diye o beÄŸeniyi benim de taklit etmemi gerektirmez. HoÅŸland???m ya da hoÅŸlanmad???m ÅŸeylerde moday? takip edecek deÄŸilim.

And I eat what I please. Geez, I weigh a hundred and sixty, but who cares? And Anne Ã¢â'¬â€ I sing. Christ, I sing like a fucking canary.

Christians were never meant to be normal. We've always been holy troublemakers, we've always been creators of uncertainty, agents of dimension that's incompatible with the status quo; we do not accept the world as it is, but we insist on the world becoming the way that God wants it to be. And the Kingdom of God is different from the patterns of this world.

Not only do you need to hire a few creative "misfits," you also need to tolerate their sometimes bizarre behavior. Some of the most creative people simply don't fit into typical well-behaved molds. They're often rebels, irritating and somewhat out of control.

What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.

In the early days of my modelling career, I think the industry was uncomfortable with how strikingly different I was.

I like to dress the way I like to dress. I kind of like rebelling against the social norms... I feel uncomfortable wearing just, like, regular stuff.

Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.

Conservatism and respectability have their values, certainly; but has not the unconventional its values also?