Barbara Sher Quotes

Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.

I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.

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

All I've done all my life is disobey.

Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.

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

Flout 'em, and scout 'em; and scout 'em, and flout 'em; / Thought is free.

Progress in thought is the assertion of individualism against authority.

By all means break the rules.

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.

I really rebel against authority.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

I don't care much about conforming.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

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

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

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

Rebellion is what you make of it. When you've been on a tour bus for two months straight, and then you get in your car and drive wherever you want, that can feel rebellious.

I have a natural tendency to resist conformity.

The second someone tries to put me in a box, I will do everything to rebel against that.

I don't like doing what people would expect of me.

I welcome someone who is willing to march to the beat of his own drum - to hell with the haters.