Quotes About Nonconformity

I don't fit into any stereotypes. And I like myself that way.

Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions ... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.

Don't hide what you have just because people tell you it's not normal. I have known normal people…and guess what? They are as boring as hell...

I'd rather be interesting, original, & unique then follow the pack. Revel in who you truly are & be liberated!

Don't fear uniqueness. Fear similarities and acceptance. Create a new trend by defining yourself.

Conformity is the biggest enemy of progress. Break those limiting social rules.

Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.

Sometimes people think you're smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else.

I don't feel that people should glom onto other people. I feel that relationships should be nice and easy and convenient and happy and not strictured with legality or jealousy.

You can never attain full awareness following the actions of the majority.

Part of why I love these angry, straight, white punks is that they are stripping the dharma of its bullshit, and applying it to contexts and styles that, even if they aren't mine, are at least different from the norm.

He called his horse Bicou, he called the child Bicou, and to hell with it.

I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.

People called her wild, but she wasn't. Not really. She just didn't give a shit what they thought. Maybe that was what they found so unforgivable in the end.

He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.

Car celui qui saute dans le vide n'a plus de comptes à rendre à ceux qui le regardent.

A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype

Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.

men and women who'd constantly filed through our common room, wearing hoodies and piercings—uniform in their aversion to uniformity—

Hackers, makers, programmers, engineers, nerds, techies — what we'll call "geeks" for the rest of the book (deal with it) — we're a creative lot who don't like to be told what to do.