"All you've done is to be different from other women and you've made a little success at it. As I've told you before, that is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned! Scarlett, the mere fact that you've made a success of your mill is an insult to every man who hasn't succeeded. Remember, a well-bred female's place is in the home and she should know nothing about this busy, brutal world." pg. 678 Rhett trying to explain to Scarlett why the other women disapprove of her. Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind public opinion life quotes
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau Walden human, people freedom music dissent Similar Quote: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. Blaise Pascal human, people mediocrity originality intelligence Meaningful Quotes
Everybody thinks differently and everybody's got a right to their own opinion. Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind human, people opinion
Mature love is union under the condition of preserving one’s integrity, one’s individuality. Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unites him with others; love makes him overcome the sense of isolation and separateness, yet it permits him to be himself, to retain his integrity. In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two. Erich Fromm The Art of Loving love paradox maturity
Besides, it doesn’t really matter, does it? Why should I care about appearances and labels anyway. It’s what’s on the inside that counts. Ouran High School Host Club Haruhi Fujioka soul appearance
The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino. You've Got Mail Joe Fox choice decision
— When you get sad, it rains. — Lots of people get sad when it rains. — It rains because you're sad, baby. Men in Black II Agent Gee Laura Vasques sadness rain
I’ve got this real moron thing I do, it’s called thinking. And I’m not a very good Amercian because I like to form my own opinions. I don't roll over when I'm told to. George Carlin: Jammin' in New York George Carlin prudence opinion Sarcastic Quotes
If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own age but from those of your parents' generation and from your children's generation too. They'll never understand you and they'll be shocked no matter what you do. But your grandparents would probably be proud of you and say: 'There's a chip off the old block,' and your grandchildren will sigh enviously and say: 'What an old rip Grandma must have been!' and they'll try to be like you. Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind Sad Quotes
— When I grow up, I want to be just like you. — When you grow up... you should be just like you. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Lucy Pevensie Gael (Rhince 's daughter)
He who marches out of step hears another drum. Ken Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest dissent Similar Quote: Walden - Henry David Thoreau