Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.
I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.
If you look at what is happening in Republican conventions across the country, they are energized. And the message is really the same - that is, big government is a problem, spending is a problem.
It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.
In the beginning, Adam was instructed to earn the bread by the sweat of his brow - not Eve. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a mother's place is in the home!
I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes.
A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.
The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.
Because of its shortcomings - driving range, cost, and recharging time - the electric vehicle is not a viable replacement for most conventional cars.
Landing on 'Morning Joe' wasn't a fluke. I was a poli sci major in college. I interned at the CBS political unit, covered conventions.
I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me.
The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.
Seth Abrahams: [high on coke] We act like we have all the answers and we're totally invincible, like our parents seem and their parents before them, and I'm sorry, that I have to be the one to say this, but it's fucking bullshit. For instance I know ...
Some of the most amazing human beings on the face of the planet go to sci-fi conventions, although I'm sure a few of them wouldn't admit it.
The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
Israel specifically does not want Syria to hand over weapons, chemical or conventional, to Hezbollah.
I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school.
It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty.
