I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual you know the individual the person who doesn't conform.

In the traditional urban novel there is only survival or not. The suburban idea the conformist idea that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life but it is not a cure. Same with religion.

If religion were true its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.

I was a brownie for a day. My mom made me stop. She didn't want me to conform.

Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything but I wanted to be an actress.

I for one hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice peace and brotherhood.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

If you stand up and be counted from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.