Juan Ramon Jimenez Quotes

I've always been like, if society's trying to push me in one direction, I always rebel against it, thinking, 'Nope, I'm going to do the opposite, something that is not expected.'

Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.

I never quite toed the line.

We never want to toe the line.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

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

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

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

When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

I like being unconventional.

I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.

Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks.

I think it's important to rebel a little bit.

I've always found it hard to do what I'm told - I'm not very good at conforming.

Certainly, I don't believe in rebellion for its own sake. But I think if you strive to do something in an individualistic way, you just become a rebel by definition.

I didn't follow any rules at all. I made my own.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

I've never been a yes man.

Never follow the crowd.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

I don't follow what everybody else does.

I've always been in a rebel.

I really rebel against authority.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.