Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes

We've always been a nation of heretics.

I think there are some people who have this thing where, from the very beginning, some part of them rejects convention.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.

I wore a coat and tie all through high school: my way of being rebellious in the late 1950s.

I wasn't a rebel.

We never want to toe the line.

I just don't conform very well.

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

I didn't rebel in the way a lot of people do.

I'm not unusual; it's the others who are strange.

I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not.

With a small town mentality, you make a decision very early on as to whether you are going to do everything by the book or just go your own way and not care.

I like breaking the rules.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

I wanted to be a rebel so badly.

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

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.

I just get really bored with sticking to the norm and having the proper conservative image. That's just so not me.

I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.

I'm not part of any movement; I don't like being fettered.

I never quite toed the line.