Quotes of: Conforming Keyword

Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.

Bette Midler

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

Bertrand Russell

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going.

Budd Schulberg

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

Bill Vaughan

I wouldn't even have braces on my teeth. I think they are horrible and this idea that everyone should conform and be perfect is ridiculous.

Georgia Jagger

Fashion in the past meant conforming and losing oneself. Fashion in the present means being individual and finding oneself.

Gloria Steinem

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

Friedrich August von Hayek

I'm really happy to be me, and I'd like to think people like me more because I'm happy with myself and not because I refuse to conform to anything.

Adele

A soft and sheltered Christianity, afraid to be lean and lone, unwilling to face the storms and brave the heights, will end up fat and foul in the cages of conformity.

Vance Havner

The mind will always take on an order conforming to that upon which it concentrates.

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

The world around us    conforms to expectations       we place upon it.

Haiku to Live By: Life affirming messages, to hearten your day

When Jennifer Lawrence says it's 'dumb' to go hungry to make other people happy, she's saying it with the carefree attitude of a woman who probably will never have to make that choice to conform.

Jennifer Armintrout

Our memories are convenient lies we create, cribbing images from others' experiences. We discard the personal specifics which don't conform to the ideal conventional beauty created by art directors and cinematographers.

Damian Loeb

The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.

The Return of Merlin

I now know, by an almost fatalistic conformity with the facts, that my destiny is to travel...

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

What I’m starting to realize is that when you conform, people are not accepting you for who you are. They’re accepting you for who they think you are.

Out of the Cage

Brand and product don’t compete. Brand is product, and everything else conforming to the unique story that consumers create when they think of you.

Lean Branding

Leadership is about making and maintaining a positive change. True leaders do not conform to the limits of the environments they stay in; the transform it positively!

Leaders' Watchwords

We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.

Dear You, Live! Love, Life

Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.

The Art of War

People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.

Olivia Wilde