quotes about Nonconformist

last updated: November 28, 2023

Scratch me and you will find the Nonconformist.
-- Austen Chamberlain

Source : "The Life and Letters of Sir Austen Chamberlain: Vol. II" by Sir Charles Petrie, Cassell, (p. 321), 1940.

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Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
-- James Thurber

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“Modern American liberalism is nothing but the socialism too stupid to recognize itself in the mirror.”
“Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.”
“She's applying her lipstick; I've always believed that the universe invented the color red solely for Latinas.”
“I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.”
“I've never been a fast reader. I'm fickle; I don't finish books I start; I put a book aside for five, ten years and then take it up again.”
“an optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.”

Source : Ada Leverson (1951). “The limit”
“Remember that it is not enough to have everything around you beautiful, remember that there must also be change and flux, because it is through change that we pretend that we can make decisions, and keep our pride, and go on pretending that both change and choice exist.”
“The voluntary captive The speechless the prisoner Which I hide in my very depths...”
“What attracted me was less art itself than the artistâ€™s life and all that it meant for me: the idea of creativity and freedom of expression and action. I had been attracted to painting and drawing for a long time, but it was not an irresistible passion; what I wanted, at all costs, was to escape the monotony of life.”
“When you turn on the news, they don't say, "Hey, 2 Million kids went to school safely today...40,000 flights took place without incident." They don't say that.”