Tanushree Dutta Quotes

The American people ... have a stake in con-conformity, for they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

I call myself a traditionalist, although I have fought against tradition all my life.

Allow me a bit of philosophy here... We started tele skiing as a rebellion against rules.

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

… a controlled disrespect for authority is essential to a scientist.

I am not a conformist.

For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.

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.

You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone.

But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world maintains that no rational man or woman would have chosen this way of life - therefore, it is madness. Alone I confront them and tell them that nothing could be saner or truer! What do people really know about life? We fall in line, follow the pattern established by our mentors. Everything is based on assumptions; even time, space, motion, matter are nothing but supposition. The world has no new knowledge to impart; it merely accepts what is there.

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

Any pigeonhole is something to be rebelled against.

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

A strong spirit transcends rules.

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

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

The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion.

I have never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

Conforming is not cool.

I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.

I don't care much about conforming.