Quotes About Nonconformity

people who eschew the insipid philosophy of the middle class, people who are willing to assume controversial positions, to follow their cause, however unpopular it may be, however it may threaten the smugness of the middle class.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything

I tend to go against the grain because when I start to see that everybody's trying to shock, I try not to. I just do stuff that's subtler, more emotional, and I think that shocks people.

I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool.

I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.

Our world is not shaped by those who think similarly, but by those who dare to think differently.

I'm not weird, I'm just different, I'm still beautiful in my own way.

Being different is a gift you are born with. Don't misuse it by trying to fit in.

Better to be criticised for being different than compared for being the same.

Being different from everyone else is never a bad thing.

I can't stand when I see people trying to be different for the sake of being different. It's just as bad as trying to fit in. Be you!

There are so many different ways of being different. Also, pretty much everyone is different and weird in some way, they just don't always show it. If we're talking about being introverted, it doesn't really matter what people think of your need to be alone because that defeats the purpose.

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

If you're lucky enough to be different from everyone else, don't change.

The minute you start swimming with the stream is the minute when you get lost in the crowd.

If being fake and two-faced is in, I'm okay being a outcast.

That's the thing about being free spirited. Rules cripple you into absolute, abysmal pit of misery.

People spend their whole lives trying to live up to other peoples expectations and being told what to do. I say screw that. Be free!

My life is only great because I love being free and not caring what people think of me its crazy but I love saying oh well life goes on.

I always hit 'Ignore Call' with my middle finger.

Why should I care of what other people think of me? I am who I am and who I wanna be.

I want to live my life, knowing no one will be judging me watching every move I make. I don't want to live up to anyone's expectations, I want to be free do what I want to do..

I'm a teen. I stay up late. I sleep in. I'm crazy about one person. And I couldn't care less about what anyone thinks.