Quotes About Nonconformity

Every woman is a rebel.

Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.

If we're always guided by other people's thoughts, what's the point in having our own?

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

Then he notices, he's a he again. Why not. Gender is just a slider.

I figured some people have edges that don't allow them to slot neatly into the holes society expects them to fit into, that was all.

As far as I was concerned, there was nothing wrong with being an odd duck. I figured some people have edges that don't allow them to slot into the holes society expects them to fit into, that was all.

If I start giving people what they like I'll turn into one of them and I don't want to be one of them I want to be one of me.

We left behind the other kids; their path-working, drinking, and being grown up- and rejected all that made them grumpy, uncreative and lifeless. We dumpstered, squatted, and shoplifted our lives back. Everything fell into place when we decided our lives were meant to be lived. Life serves the risk taker...

I want to open myself up, I want to experience other dimensions, I don't want to be bound by the rules of this world. Does that make me a freak?

Usually, the embrace of deviance comes not because of some innate perversity but because of a preexisting dissatisfaction with the world as it stands acquired through alienating experiences of one sort or another.

And they fear nothing, and they respect nothing, the young don't.

Stand up for the Crazy and Stupid

I will not descend among professors and capitalists.

A heroic person walks at his ease through and out of that custom or precedent or authority that suits him not.

No tengo nada que ver con este sistema, ni siquiera lo necesario para oponerme a él.

Do not descend amongst professors or capitalists.

It's better to be a pirate than to join the navy.

When a person can take pleasure in marching in step to a piece of music it is enough to make me despise him. He has been given his big brain only by mistake.

authority should be questioned, hierarchies should be circumvented, nonconformity should be admired, and creativity should be nurtured.

The culture at Atari was a natural outgrowth of [Nolan] Bushnell's personality. But it was not simply self-indulgent. It was based on a philosophy that drew from the hippie movement and would help define Silicon Valley. At it's core were certain principles: authority should be questioned, hierarchies should be circumvented, nonconformity should be admired and creativity should be nurtured.

Rather than try to conform, he made a point of being different, dressing and carrying himself as a dandy.

They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.