Charles Osgood Quotes

Why can't I be different and unusual... like everyone else?

I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?

I like being unconventional.

I tried to be different; I didn't want to be like everybody else.

I've always liked the idea of being different.

In my case, I am always that odd candidate that doesn't look like everybody else.

People want you to be ordinary. They don't like it when people are different. They don't like it when a man soars over their heads while they stand in the dirt. People hate you when you're special; it reminds them of everything that they aren't.

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

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

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

I've always balked at anything that feels like a clique, even if it's not always in my best interest to do so. I like each individual, fedora-wearing hipster - it's just the greater gestalt that rubs me the wrong way.

You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it.

You're made aware of what the industry is and what you need to conform to; I don't fit that, and I'm never going to.

As soon as something becomes 'trendy,' I go off it. I hate the idea of being a sheep and just following a look because I've been told it's fashionable. Individuality makes the world a much more interesting place.

Never follow the crowd.

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people and doing the same thing as 600 other people, looking back, I always found ways to make myself different, whether it be having a red lining inside of my jacket, having red shoes, it hasn't changed.

I think I've always wanted to be different from everybody else. I get really annoyed when I do something and everybody else does it too, or if I'm doing something that everybody else is doing.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

Conforming is not cool.

I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

I'm not a sheep.