Marilyn Manson Quotes

Think your own thoughts.

You can't have 'yes' people around you.

I think it's interesting to me to talk to people who don't agree with me all the time.

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

I'm not 100 percent anybody's ideological prism.

You don’t want an appointee who will agree with you all the time. If two smart people are both thinking they are going to disagree with each other sooner or later. You want an appointee who may not always agree with you but one of whom you can always be proud.

No one tells me what to think. I think for me.

Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.

The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.

I like groaning. That means that you're not pandering to their already settled prejudices.

One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others

Wake-up! Think for yourself, be yourself and return to what is real.

Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.

Listen to everyone, follow no one.

Don't be anybody's follower, be a student.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

I am led by what I find to be true, not what I find to be popular.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

I want someone who can respectfully challenge me. I know what I believe, so there's no point in my taking on a relationship with someone who thinks like me or laughs at what I laugh at. I enjoy being with someone who can offer me the opposite.

Human beings never think for themselves; they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

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

For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them.