Matthew Quick Quotes

Different isn't evil, it's just different.

Different isn't bad, it's just different.

It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.

I'm one of them. The weirdos and the freaks. My point was that it's ok to be different, and from now on we'd better be, if we're going to make something of ourselves. It's the one thing I learned in school. Different is ok. -Victoria

Different is not wrong.

I think more people feel like they're outside of the mainstream these days - there's more people who are doing their own thing, feeling that it's not bad to be a weirdo and respecting other people's differences. And all that kind of goes into the big ol' B-52 philosophy.

The B-52s are all about inclusiveness and about celebrating your differences.

I am different. Let this not upset you

I know I'm different, but I don't think about it.

Being different is awesome! All of those who are different are more interesting than those who are clamoring for acceptance because they follow the path.

Life can be cruel. It´s been my struggle, my personal battle, my obsession to make people see that different isn´t always bad.

We are all different and that's okay.

If there is any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's ok to be different.

All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.

So many boys and girls talk the same way, listen to the same music, look the same. If I'm out, I'll notice the person who looks different before I notice the person who's, 'really hot.'

It's okay to be a freak.

If you're different, or if you think something about you is just weird and out of the ordinary, I just think that's so dope.

In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance.

The things that make me different are the things that make me.

Different is good. Different is great!

We allow each other so little enjoyment or even tolerance for our individualities, our uniquenesses, and yet to me, that's what it's all about.

It is absolutely okay - actually preferable in some cases - to be weird.

Being different makes you beautiful.

Just because you're not like other people doesn't mean that you're bad. It means that you're different, and that's great.

So Am I' is about loving yourself, being different, being an outcast and not fitting in the format that society wants to put us in - just celebrating what really makes you different.