Societal Conventions Quotes

#1. Then what exactly is it that you design?"
He gave a proud smile.
"Bitless compositions."
"Bitless? You mean, from bits, the units of information?"
"No, Mr. Tichy, the units of being bitten.

Stanislaw Lem

#2. I can handle Evil, but I cannot handle Anticipation.

Gabbo De La Parra

#3. Being ashamed of what you want or how you feel is pointless, and letting anyone else make you feel ashamed is a waste.

Kody Keplinger

#4. Marriage felt like a fading American institution, as relevant to me as the Elks Club. Plus, I considered myself punk rock, and punk rockers don't believe in boring societal conventions like marriage. We prefer boring societal conventions like punk rock.

Michael Ian Black

#5. If you have sixty seconds worth of distance ... run!

Chris Stevenson

#6. Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim - arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object.

Jack Kornfield

#7. There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights men have on this green earth.

Susan B. Anthony

#8. Abstract art is not the creation of another reality but the true vision of reality.

Piet Mondrian

#9. Try never to speak of your enemies by name. Any publicity is still publicity - and there are those for whom your disapproval constitutes a recommendation.

L. Neil Smith

#10. I think it's possible to have been a happy child, as I was, and still question and push back with regard to societal conventions.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#11. Whether the psychological effect of color is direct ... or whether it is the outcome of association, is open to question. The soul being one with the body, it may well be possible that a psychological tremor generates corresponding one through association.

Wassily Kandinsky

#12. It wasn't a game," Cash whispered. "Not to me.

Kody Keplinger