Susan Choi Quotes

This is what we do!

To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.

Mimicking people was something I did already.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

Crime is naught but misdirected energy.

Whenever you see people talking about how real they are or how normal they are, it seems odd to have that self awareness that you could potentially not be normal.

The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret - that's really distasteful to me.

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

We become what we do.

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Normal is the average of deviance.

Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.

Where a bad custom has been in existence for any length of time, most people grow to regard it as part of the order of nature.

Custom is our nature …

Yes, and many of them still do.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Things that people are doing constantly but aren't thinking about. That's the ultimate 'Portlandia' concept.

It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice

There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago.

An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

Observe the world around you everything you do, and especially everything you hate to do.

...a nation could change its way of life, its history, its technology, its art, literature, and culture, but it would never have a real chance to change its gestures.

Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits.

Custom makes monsters of us all.