“ The simplistic way of not conforming is to see what is in style in our culture and then do the opposite. If short hair is in vogue, the nonconformist wears long hair. If going to the movies is popular… R.C. Sproul
“ He likes driving very fast on the wrong side of the road, said Sarah. Which I can completely understand. Hilary McKay
“ ...there was alienation in the standing consciousness that his squareness would not fit the round hole that had been prepared for him. Thomas Hardy
“ It's in the morning, for most of us. It's that time, those few seconds when we're coming out of sleep but we're not really awake yet. For those few seconds we're something more primitive than what we… Jerry Spinelli
“ I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“ In a funny way, Dad was always a bow-tie wearer, always a little more traditional than you might imagine. Because even though he had blue hair and tattoos and wore leather jackets and worked in a reco… Gayle Forman
“ How come when girls play with gender it's a sign of strength and when boys play with gender it's a sign of weakness? Lori Duron
“ I don't belong to the masses, I've been against the masses all my life, and I'm not in favour of dogs. Thomas Bernhard
“ So distracting, so complete is she that she is gone before many realize that she had no escort, she was along, a parade of one. Jerry Spinelli
“ Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again. Criss Jami
“ I never blindly roamed with a team just for the sake of social labeling or fitting in. I was never part of a particular group, scene or tribe. I was friends with everybody. My best friend in high scho… Suzy Kassem
“ He'd made a name for himself out there in the world beyond not just in spite of the distinctly unfashionable persona he presented, but, perhaps, BECAUSE of it. Chris Matthews
“ I took the other road, all right, but only because it was the easy road for me, the way I wanted to go. If I've encountered some unnecessary resistance that's because most of the traffic is going the… Edward Abbey
“ Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in. Emile Zola
“ -I have to admit that ever since I started to rip-up the lawns of rich people I have felt a lot calmer! Andrew James Pritchard
“ The system loves resistance. Resistance is often creative and it feeds on creativity until the subversive becomes just another pre-packaged lifestyle on special offer. So Cease to Resist. Relax and en… Phil Hine
“ If you don’t give yourself permission to create a new world, chances are nobody else will. James Altucher
“ Most people want so desperately to be an individual yet are so easily shaped by the media. Criss Jami
