Jacob Rees-Mogg Quotes

I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.

I'm a little old-school.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

I think I'm very old-fashioned.

It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.

I'm a traditionalist. I have certain values I live by.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

I don't know - I don't listen to the radio that much. I really am an old-soul kind of girl.

Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

I am a bit old-school.

I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can't join your gang: you'd think I was a phony and I'd know it.

You would be better off in exile than priding yourself on be like everyone else.

Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do.

Everyone always asks, 'Did you ever rebel? Did you dye your hair blue? Did you wear black nail polish?' I mean, of course, there have been episodes when you wear weird-colored lipstick... But generally, I think I was pretty much the way I am now.

For the longest time, people would say to me that I didn't feel very modern, that I seemed from another time.

Everyone is being told by society to talk this way, to dress that way, to be this person or to be that person, and it's so important to just maintain a sense of self.

I like the freedom America has. In Japan people tend to think too much about others' opinions and how to be like everybody else but to Americans it seems more important to be who you are and find your own way.

It's nice to stand out and not have to conform to all the beauty standards that just don't even make sense anymore.

What I would tell everyone is don't lose your sense of individuality.

In many ways, being yourself is dispelling stereotypes.

Whether people think I'm old fashioned, I don't care. I've always been very comfortable in my own skin. I've never been a brandist, I don't use words like philosophy, that sort of stuff isn't for me.

I'm old-fashioned and a square.

I never had any trouble being myself. Myself was a problem for a lot of people, but I didn't have a problem.

I'm an old-school guy.

With technology, everything is available at the touch of a button. But I'm not someone whose world revolves around trends. I like to be unique in whatever I do.