Guillermo del Toro Quotes

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

I am no longer content to be the scared, obedient schoolgirl. Who are you, a stranger, to tell me what I can and cannot do?

Change is freedom, change is life. It's always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don't make changes, don't risk disapproval, don't upset your syndics. It's always easiest to let yourself be governed. There's a point, around age twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities. Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfil my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to go unbuild walls.

I believe that before anything else I'm a human being -- just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them.

People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.

In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions, -- some one who had the grandeur to say his say. I believe it was Magellan who said, The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church. On the prow of his ship were disobedience, defiance, scorn, and success.

Watch TV or something." That's what the note says. So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I'll do the "or something" part.

At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

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

I don't run behind authority.

I really rebel against authority.

I pay for what I call eccentricity and my will to evolve.

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

I've tried actively to define myself and redefine myself, and not be pigeonholed.

I'm that weird guy; I hate being told what to do.

Personally, I think the best motto for an educational establishment is: 'Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?'

When we got with George, he didn't care what was happening. He liked how crazy we were looking and dressing. I kinda liked being with George more so at the time, because George let us do what we wanted to do. But I needed both lessons.

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!

A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.

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

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop.