Conformity Quotes - Page 6

• Not that I wish by any means to deny, that the mental life of individuals and peoples is also in conformity with law, as is the object of philosophical, philological, historical, moral, and social sciences to establish.

  Hermann von Helmholtz

  Philosophical, Mean, Law

  Hermann von Helmholtz, David Cahan (1995). “Science and Culture: Popular and Philosophical Essays”, p.96, University of Chicago Press

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• Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.

  Bertrand Russell

  Math, Regions, Absolutes

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• I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity

  Guillermo Cabrera Infante

  Believe, Moving, Heart

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• In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction.

  Edward Everett

  Summer, Government, Cities

  Edward Everett (1868). “Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions”, p.628

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• Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Opinion, Ruined, Singularity

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.278, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do.

  Suzanne Farrell

  Ballet, Care, Too Much

  "Ballerina of the Century". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

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• The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection.

  Elihu Root

  Men, Ideas, Perfection

  Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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• It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

  Amy Tan

  Success, Rebellion

  "Author of The Joy Luck Club". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.

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• The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Being Yourself, Lonely, Loneliness

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• Fear, safety, and conformity make you mediocre and average

  Alonzo King

  Average, Safety, Mediocre

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  The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Motivational, Change

  Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903) See Hawthorne 18

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• Protestantism came and gave a great blow to the religious and ritualistic rhythm of the year, in human life. Non-conformity almostfinished the deed.... Mankind has got to get back to the rhythm of the cosmos, and the permanence of marriage.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Marriage, Religious, Blow

  D.H. Lawrence (2000). “Lady Chatterley's Lover”, p.30, Modern Library

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• The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George... Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security.

  Ron Paul

  Kings, Safety, Brave

  "The Patriotism Smear". Ron Paul's speech before the U.S. House of Representatives, www.lewrockwell.com. May 22, 2007.

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• Of what use to get what you want if you must become someone else to get it.

  Robert Breault

  Use, Want, Ifs

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• Is there an existence that is only mine?

  Russell Hoban

  Existence, Mines, Non Conformity

  Russell Hoban (2012). “Kleinzeit”, p.134, A&C Black

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  See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see... out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day!

  Patch Adams

  Each Day, World, Laziness

  "Patch Adams". www.imdb.com. 1998.

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• If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility. You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Success, Responsibility, Assuming

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• Despite the variety my books reflect my, perhaps foolish, tendency to place artistic above financial concerns; of enjoying the more mature themes in whatever creative form; of being on a mission to show that comics are not just for kids; and on a wider level of standing up for individuality against conformity.

  Sean Michael Wilson

  Book, Kids, Creative

  Source: comicsbulletin.com

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• The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

  Michael Korda

  Success, Business, Creativity

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• Sadly, children's passion for thinking often ends when they encounter a world that seeks to educate them for conformity and obedience only.

  Bell Hooks

  Children, Passion, Learning

  bell hooks (2013). “Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom”, p.13, Routledge

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• They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

  Antonio Porchia

  Creativity, Criticism, Critics

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• If critics say your work stinks it's because they want it to stink and they can make it stink by scaring you into conformity with their comfortable little standards. Standards so low that they can no longer be considered "dangerous" but set in place in their compartmental understandings.

  Jack Kerouac

  Wisdom, Art, Powerful

  Jack Kerouac (2016). “The Unknown Kerouac: Rare, Unpublished, & Newly Translated Writings”, p.402, Library of America

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• be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Real

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  dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.

  Kurt Cobain

  Dream, Simple Life, Want

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• We laugh at sheep because sheep just follow the one in front. We humans have out-sheeped the sheep, because at least the sheep need a sheep dog to keep them in line. Humans keep each other in line. And they do it by ridiculing or condemning anyone who commits the crime, and that’s what it’s become, of being different.

  David Icke

  Dog, Sheep, Laughing

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