Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

Conforming is not cool.

I don't want to follow the herd.

I can't stay within the constructs of societal expectations.

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

I just don't conform very well.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

Never follow the crowd.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

I don't care much about conforming.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

If I know something's expected of me, I won't wear it or do it. It just seems boring.

I have a natural tendency to resist conformity.

I've always found success in sort of separating myself from the pack mentality things.

The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.