Defying Social Norms Quotes

I existed before the mainstream. Why would I join them? I watched the mainstream come up, and now I'm watching it collapse. I don't want to be a part of that.

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

I think loving someone, despite what people think, is FEARLESS. <3

When people tell me that I must get my maverick gene from my father, they are only half right. My father and I both have inherited our rebellious personalities from Nana. She has always lived her life on her own terms, something that was once considered quite scandalous, given the times she grew up in.

At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either.

Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature.

Don't let anyone shame you for what you read or what you love in general. Many people are gonna tell you not to do xyz things.

There's always somebody telling you what you're not supposed to like. But that's not the way I grew up.

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.

I'm actually starting to like more and more people who have convictions that are unpopular.

Do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay. Everyone thought I was weird in high school!

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

I used to be really shy, and I think something happened in my brain where I was like, 'All right, I don't care anymore. I'm just going to be myself.' So I went to school wearing eyeliner and eye shadow, and they called my mom, telling her it was a distraction. My mom fought the school, and I got to wear makeup every day.

The picture of the guy pissing on the chair was a picture I had to do. I had the idea of this absurd act of pissing on a chair rather than in a toilet or on the ground, and this minimal act being so transgressive, even though no major harm is done.