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Conventional Quotes

I gave up being a conventional person a long time ago. Things have been so much more exciting since I did Picture Quote #1

Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it’s never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look toward alternatives Picture Quote #1

We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated Picture Quote #1

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field Picture Quote #1

Why be formal when you can be fabulously feral? Why be conventional when you can be happy? Picture Quote #1

In this world we must either institute conventional forms of expression or else pretend that we have nothing to express; the choice lies between a mask and a figleaf Picture Quote #1

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$Conventional turbines only work up to 200 feet, but capturing a small fraction of the global wind energy at higher altitudes could be sufficient to supply the current energy needs of the globe Picture Quote #1$

The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn’t drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day Picture Quote #1

I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn’t have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it Picture Quote #1

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted Picture Quote #1

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion Picture Quote #1

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life? Picture Quote #1

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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves Picture Quote #1

A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional way along with his fellows, so that no one can really blame him Picture Quote #1

A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later such a religion will emerge Picture Quote #1

I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me Picture Quote #1

I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from that point on. So I didn’t really go to a conventional high school. I was tutored on sets and things Picture Quote #1

It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true Picture Quote #1

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No conventional therapy can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere: a peace that is not of this world Picture Quote #1

There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confidence in them and feel justified in lying to them Picture Quote #1

One needs to be successful in the conventional way to learn just how far away from success it may be Picture Quote #1

Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of the extreme impulse Picture Quote #1

It’s easy to live the expected and conventional. It’s when you live the unexpected that you start having fun with your life Picture Quote #1

Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes, but let it not be said that we did nothing Picture Quote #1

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Here’s conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes you happy. Happy people are more likely to be successful Picture Quote #1

Part of the heart of anarchy is, dare to go against the grain of the conventional ways of thinking about our realities. Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that’s been a place of hope Picture Quote #1

Conventional words or other signs have to be sought for laboriously only in a second stage, where the associative play already referred to is sufficiently established and can be reproduced at will Picture Quote #1

My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. You ought to be able to show that you can do it a good deal better than anyone else with the regular tools before you have a license to bring in your own improvements Picture Quote #1

Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It’s about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it’s about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules Picture Quote #1

Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy Picture Quote #1

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I gave up being a conventional person a long time ago. Things have been so much more exciting since I did (Conventional Quotes) Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it’s never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look toward alternatives (Conventional Quotes) We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated (Conventional Quotes) The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field (Conventional Quotes) Why be formal when you can be fabulously feral? Why be conventional when you can be happy? (Conventional Quotes) In this world we must either institute conventional forms of expression or else pretend that we have nothing to express; the choice lies between a mask and a figleaf (Conventional Quotes) Conventional turbines only work up to 200 feet, but capturing a small fraction of the global wind energy at higher altitudes could be sufficient to supply the current energy needs of the globe (Conventional Quotes) The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn’t drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day (Conventional Quotes) I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn’t have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it (Conventional Quotes) As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted (Conventional Quotes) The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion (Conventional Quotes) Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life? (Conventional Quotes) Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves (Conventional Quotes) A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional way along with his fellows, so that no one can really blame him (Conventional Quotes) A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later such a religion will emerge (Conventional Quotes) I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me (Conventional Quotes) I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from that point on. So I didn’t really go to a conventional high school. I was tutored on sets and things (Conventional Quotes) It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true (Conventional Quotes) No conventional therapy can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere: a peace that is not of this world (Conventional Quotes) There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confidence in them and feel justified in lying to them (Conventional Quotes) One needs to be successful in the conventional way to learn just how far away from success it may be (Conventional Quotes) Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of the extreme impulse (Conventional Quotes) It’s easy to live the expected and conventional. It’s when you live the unexpected that you start having fun with your life (Conventional Quotes) Each of us should choose which course of action we must take; education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes, but let it not be said that we did nothing (Conventional Quotes) Here’s conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes you happy. Happy people are more likely to be successful (Conventional Quotes) Part of the heart of anarchy is, dare to go against the grain of the conventional ways of thinking about our realities. Anarchists have always gone against the grain, and that’s been a place of hope (Conventional Quotes) Conventional words or other signs have to be sought for laboriously only in a second stage, where the associative play already referred to is sufficiently established and can be reproduced at will (Conventional Quotes) My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. You ought to be able to show that you can do it a good deal better than anyone else with the regular tools before you have a license to bring in your own improvements (Conventional Quotes) Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It’s about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it’s about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules (Conventional Quotes) Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy (Conventional Quotes)

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