Edward Elgar Quotes

People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

Maybe playing around and having fun is considered being a rat... I guess I'm a rat.

I love the fact we do break taboos.

I didn't really see why people should look at me. Plenty of people looked queerer than I did.

A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.

Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me and no one else, education means making creators. . . . You have to make inventors, innovators...not conformists

In a society where the roles everyone plays are obvious, the refusal to conform to any standard will excite interest. Be both masculine and feminine, impudent and charming, subtle and outrageous. Let other people worry about being socially acceptable; those types are a dime a dozen, and you are after a power greater than they can imagine.

As a kid, I was searching for my tribe of other people who saw through the matrix. Even as a kid I could never buy into the status quo. I just thought it was a joke; I couldn't believe other people weren't laughing at it.

What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not.

Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all different people and we're allowed to be different from on another. If someone ever says you're weird, say thank you. And then curtsy. No, don't curtsy. That might be too weird. Bow. And tip your imaginary hate. That'll show them.

Everything in life that deviates from the straight and, so to speak, normal line, makes people first curious and then indignant.

People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.

If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox way, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them.They will find away to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.

Most people have been brainwashed into believing that their job is to copyedit the world, not to design it.

Do not act following customary beliefs.

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later.'

It's funny that they've called homosexuality a crime... At this rate, everyone will be a criminal.

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.

The Paris slums are a gathering-place for eccentric people - people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent. Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behavior, just as money frees people from work.

People look at me like I'm a little strange, when I go around talking to squirrels and rabbits and stuff. That's ok. That's just ok.

Good programmers stay open minded to that even though there is no obvious way to improve what they've done they... they keep looking and they listen to what other people have to say.

I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm.

The criminal, like the artist, is a social explorer.

Which path do you intend to take, Nell?' said the Constable, sounding very interested. 'Conformity or rebellion?' Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity.