“ To creative people, the compendium of the white man's dialect are unfashionable, because their creations are more than what the tongue could say. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ I'm not here to be small, to compare, to judge (myself or you), to fit in or to be perfect. I'm here to grow, to learn, to love, to be human. Sue Fitzmaurice
“ But human beings are not machines, and however powerful the pressure to conform, they sometimes are so moved by what they see as injustice that they dare to declare their independence. In that histori… Howard Zinn
“ Most people believe most of the things they believe only because they believe that most people believe them. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ By acquiescing in an act that causes such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished? Rachel Carson
“ I am neither for conformity nor non-conformity. I am for individuality. If one's individuality is in effect non-conformity, then so be it. But basically, one's individuality consists of conformity--to… Paul Krassner
“ My kids are starting to notice I'm a little different from the other dads. "Why don't you have a straight job like everyone else?" they asked me the other day. I told them this story: In the forest, t… Tom Waits
“ Once, I ordered two thousand lady bugs from the local garden center and set them loose in the atrium. I sprinkled marigold seeds in the ficus planters and put gold fish in the lobby fountain. These ar… Brenna Yovanoff
“ If you're wonderful in any way somebody will fuck with you. Just like if you're horrible in any way they're gonna fuck with you. The world is for the average and the common. Those are the people who n… Kim Fowley
“ No one knows, at sight a masterpiece.And give up verse, my boy,There's nothing in it.Likewise a friend of Bloughram's once advised me:Don't kick against the pricks,Accept opinion. The Nineties tried y… Ezra Pound
“ She was an extraordinary person too! Would you believe it, she cut her hair short, and used to go about in men’s boots in bad weather Henrik Ibsen
“ If, living in the world, you refuse to be a part of it, you will help other out of this chaos - not in the future, not tomorrow, but now. Jiddu Krishnamurti
“ If, living in the world, you refuse to be a part of it, you will help others out of this chaos - not in the future, not tomorrow, but now. Jiddu Krishnamurti
“ If what you create seems to turn out much stranger than who you are as a person, it's probably because your heart is talking. Criss Jami