Alfred Kinsey Quotes

Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.

All of us would like for everybody to be the kind of person we want them to be.

A lot of people go through life trying to perform normalcy, and I think you can relate to that.

I wake up in the morning and sometimes I just want to wear a T-shirt and blue jeans and now I have to force myself to do that, because I can't care what people think, you know?

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.

I think the world tries to put people in a box, like this is the only appropriate way to be beautiful.

The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique. And they get real sidetracked trying to think like everyone else. They don't realize that you have to motivate yourself to do things you want to do. Some people just like going along for the ride. And those are the kind of people I don't get along with too well.

The great mystery of adaptation is that true fidelity can only be achieved through lavish promiscuity.

We think we need to create ourselves, always doing a paste-up job on our personalities. That is because we're trying to be special rather than real. We're pathetically trying to conform with all the other people trying to do the same.

You cannot really be too concerned with what people think of you. You're on your own adventure of growth and discovery. So it's not always good to be who people think you are, especially if you subscribe to it as well ... which is easily done, because then you don't have to figure out who you are, you just ask somebody else.

Multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.

There's more variation among human groups than between human groups.

I don't think I'm abnormal and I think that lets people down.

The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.

People tell me what to do every single day. They think I'm boring. I'm Disney kid. So, there's that.

However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college apps, they're zombies.

Physical beings want things to be the same. They want people to think the same. You work rather hard at sameness, but you will never win that battle because, from Nonphysical, diversity is known to be the most beneficial part of the game.

I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy, stilted music. The only people who really seem weird to me are people who think they're normal. People who think it's possible to be normal just by doing the same things that most people do. Is there a most people? I don't know. Television makes it seem like there is, but I think that might just be television.

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.

Everybody sacrifices something in an attempt to reach what they think society wants.

There's a right way of doing things and a wrong way. If you've made up your mind to be different from everybody else, I don't suppose I can stop you, but I really don't think it's very considerate.

I think you're always policing yourself by trying to do what you think would be "cool" and accepted by other people, until you start to figure out who you really want to be. Growing up is an ongoing push-and-pull of you being yourself and you performing to what society expects you to be.

I think girls are especially worried about being judged, and when you're in high school, everything seems like a bigger deal than it is. As soon as you're out, it feels like forever ago-zip-a-dee-doo-dah! So do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay.

People will always put you in a box that they think you fit in, and it's up to you to not fall into it.