George T. Conway III Quotes

I am a contrarian.

Nobody's going to tell me how to be different, so stop asking me. Stop asking me what two-plus-two is. Everybody knows two-plus-two is five.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

I like to step outside of what people's idea of me might be. I suppose that makes me a bit of a rule-breaker. I like to take chances.

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

We've never tried to fit any mould because we already broke the one we started.

When everybody goes left, I'm gonna go right most of the time.

I have a suspicion of lockstep and everyone looking in the same direction: that's a key character trait in me.

I was always a contrarian.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.

I pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in.

I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.

I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

I like being unconventional.

I think there's a sort of satisfaction in defying people's expectations.

I don't want to follow the herd.

When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable.

Whatever is conventional, I am the opposite. So if you want to walk in a straight line, I am going to walk in zigzags. If you want to throw a 1-2, I'll throw a 2-1.

It is always easy to take a position when society agrees with you. It is hard to take a position that everyone else in society disagrees with.

I'm somebody who doesn't believe in conforming to maybe whatever is on the radio.

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