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Jean-Paul SartreOnly the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

—  Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher

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Nicolas Gomez DavilaSwimming against the current is not stupid, if the waters are flowing toward a waterfall.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

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George Bernard ShawAll great truths begin as blasphemies.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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G. K. ChestertonA dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

—  G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic

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Mahatma GandhiA good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

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Mark TwainWhenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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Oscar WildeWhenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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George Bernard ShawThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecHe who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Oscar WildeEvery woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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NapoleonOne must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Frank ZappaWithout deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

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Ayn RandThere is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Douglas MacArthurYou are remembered for the rules you break.

—  Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American general

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Vladimir NabokovLet all of life be an unfettered howl.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Vladimir NabokovCuriosity is insubordination in its purest form.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Vladimir NabokovAdultery is a most conventional way to rise above the conventional.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Graham GreeneHeresy is only another word for freedom of thought.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

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Arthur KoestlerMen cannot be treated as units in operations of political arithmetic because they behave like the symbols for zero and the infinite, which dislocate all mathematical operations.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

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Frank ZappaI never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird.

—  Frank Zappa, 1940-1993, American musician

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George Bernard ShawDisobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Oliver W. Holmes Sr.Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

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Pablo PicassoLearn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Otto von BismarckWhen you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

—  Otto von Bismarck, 1815-1898, German chancellor

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Andy WarholI like to be the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place.

—  Andy Warhol, 1928-1987, American artist

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Philip RothUnless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

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Oscar WildeDisobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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John MiltonBetter to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.

—  John Milton, 1608-1674, English poet

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John DrydenToo black for heav'n, and yet too white for hell.

—  John Dryden, 1631-1700, English poet

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Ambrose BierceAbnormal, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.In business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely.

—  H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer

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Frank HerbertWhen I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles.

—  Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer

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Bette DavisI have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and off-times disagreeable. I suppose I am larger than life.

—  Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress

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Bob RossThey say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers — just to upset the critics.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

Bertrand RussellDo not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Bertrand RussellEvery great idea starts out as a blasphemy.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Simone De BeauvoirThe whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

George EliotIf a man goes a little too far along a new road, it is usually himself that he harms more than any one else.

—  George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer

Rudyard KiplingThe individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

Rudyard KiplingAt twenty, the things for which one does not care a damn should, properly, be many.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

Coco ChanelI was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière — a real devil.

—  Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer

William Hazlitt Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Noam ChomskyIf you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.

—  Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist

W.H. AudenOh, how I wish that Orwell were still alive, so that I could read his comments on contemporary events!

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

Marshall McLuhanIn the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a hallucinating idiot...for he sees what no one else does: things that, to everyone else, are not there.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Hermann HesseThe best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, willfulness and patience. Courage strengthens, willfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Salvador DaliI am not strange. I am just not normal.

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

Henry MillerWhatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

Marty RubinΑll children are born rebels and explorers until they're taught to sit still and obey.

—  Marty Rubin, 1930-1994, Canadian gay activist, author & journalist

Edgar Allan PoePerversity is the human thirst for self-torture.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

André BretonSurrealism first recognized itself in the black mirror of anarchism.

—  André Breton, 1896-1966, French writer, founder of Surrealism

Susan SontagThe only interesting ideas are heresies.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

StendhalLife is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

Bertrand RussellOne should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

—  Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British philosopher

Nicolas Gomez DavilaIn order to escape from this prison, one must learn not to be on good terms with its indisputable comforts.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

Latin Quotes

Old TestamentI will not serve!

Non serviam!

—  Old Testament

     (attributed to Lucifer, but originates from the Vulgate [Jeremiah] referring to the rejection of God by the people of Israel)

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Funny Quotes

Steven WrightI got a new shadow. I had to get rid of the other one – it wasn’t doing what I was doing.

—  Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian

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Bill VaughanIf there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

—  Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist

Movie Quotes

Alphaville (1965)I refuse to become what you call normal.

—  from the film Alphaville (1965)

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