Unconventionality Quotes

#1. Oddly enough, the very considerations that had made marriage impossible for him were mirrored in my own being: a rabidly independent nature, an impatience with lesser minds, total unconventionality, and the horror of being saddled with someone who would need cosseting and protection - the

Laurie R. King

#2. The conventional accept and are frequently charmed by a certain unconventionality.

Julian Barnes

#3. The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to abandon completely the work which I had undertaken ... Astronomy is written for astronomers. To them my work too will seem, unless I am mistaken, to make some contribution.

Nicolaus Copernicus

#4. Creative people, especially those who are just starting out, feel that they have to conform and be a mass-produced product in order to be noticed. The truth of the matter is that genuineness and unconventionality is often what helps make a mark on the world.

Veronika Carnaby

#5. Zen has a pronounced iconoclastic tendency, and regards the study of texts, doctrines, and dogmas as a potential hindrance to spiritual awakening, relying instead on humour, spontaneity, unconventionality, poetry, and other forms of artistic expression to communicate the idea of enlightenment

Damien Keown

#6. If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

Alison Bechdel

#7. The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.

Virginia Woolf

#8. It's been said that Bill Gates has come up with something that'll be released in December that's gonna put a lid on counterfeiting. If that's a fact then it's really interesting to own your own product - with all the potential methods of downloading.

Merle Haggard

#9. Stepping inside Daisy's Diner, I was greeted by Rachel, the evening waitress, who side-eyed me as I walked in with Jeremiah. A cautious smile tugged at the corners of her mouth when she saw us. She winked at me as she grabbed the menus,

Sky Shifter

#10. You can't live on planet rock star 24/7; you have to be down and dirty and have some fun.

Billie Joe Armstrong

#11. People internalize, from the jail to student loan debt, to credit card debt, to unemployment to the whole collective. It manifests itself in many ways, in people's home lives, domestic stuff.

Jesse Jackson

#12. You say true, I say thankya.

Stephen King

#13. Which word when pronounced right is wrong but if pronounced wrong is right? The word wrong.

Phineas T. Gildersleeve

#14. I'm kind of over getting told to throw my hands up in the air,
So there.

Lorde

#15. The more money the louder it talks.

Arnold Rothstein

#16. Leading a family is the hardest job a man can ever have.

Dave Ramsey

#17. Stand out because you think differently.
Stand out because you speak differently.
Stand out because you act differently.
Stand out because you work differently.
Stand out because you live differently.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#18. When I was a kid I read these books, the Redwall books, fantasy books about a bunch of warrior mice, and the mice had this war cry that I always thought was cool: "Eulalia." And like an idiot, that's what I yelled off the Brooklyn Bridge: Eulaliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Ned Vizzini

#19. What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?

Voltaire