Going Against the Grain Quotes

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

A minority may be right. The majority is always wrong.

If someone gives you so-called good advice, do the opposite; you can be sure it will be the right thing nine out of 10 times.

Whatever is conventional, I am the opposite. So if you want to walk in a straight line, I am going to walk in zigzags. If you want to throw a 1-2, I'll throw a 2-1.

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

The advantage for Nintendo is that we always try to do things that other companies don't try to do. That is something that the general public appreciates.

For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure.

When I was at uni, I got good grades and went on to do honours, but I kept thinking, 'I shouldn't be here.' Something just didn't feel right. When I finished, I decided that every decision I make from this day forward will be purely based on intuition, and I'm not going to fight that.

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

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.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

It's not easy to do the unpopular thing.

When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel.

Not a lot of people take advantage of that opportunity of being different. A lot of kids that are highly touted coming out of high school, like, doing the traditional thing and going to the blue bloods and all that, but I was always different growing up.

The one lesson I've learned from technology and food is the only time you know you're doing the wrong thing is when you're doing what everyone else is doing.

The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you were just following the pack. So it was our choice to get off the bandwagon - no pun intended - and do things that were in our background and what was the most honest thing to do.

When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable.

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

I try to lead. I do not follow.

Never follow the crowd.

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.