Quotes by Conventions Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything. Alan Watts conventionsinspiring To be free from convention is not to spurn it but not to be deceived by it. Alan Watts conventionsdeceivedinspiring University convention submerges nature. It issues licenses, and hunting without one is forbidden. Allan Bloom conventionshuntingissues As a journalist, or an anthropologist, the convention is that people are there for you to study, and they are your objects. Annia Ciezadlo conventionsstudypeople I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s. Anthony Kiedis conventionsdefyingideas I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage. Anton Chekhov conventionsstagetheatre I break away from all conventions that do not lead to my earthly success and happiness. Anton Szandor LaVey satanicconventionsbreak The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions. Barbara Bush conventionsopinionshould Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended Benjamin Franklin conventionsindependencewisdom I am not interested in rules or conventions. Photography is not a sport. Bill Brandt conventionsphotographysports Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. Bryce Courtenay power-of-oneself-determinationconventions By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein. Carol Bellamy conventionsgovernmentrights Today's shocks are tomorrow's conventions. Carolyn Heilbrun conventionstomorrowtoday Society's the mother of convention. Carolyn Wells conventionssocietymother A lot of people bring it to me at conventions. At first I was going, "I can't sign that. That's not me." And now I just say, "Eh, whatever." Cassandra Peterson conventionspeoplefirsts If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say? Charles Schumer conventionsobsoletesoldier I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. China Mieville science-fictionconventionsfiction New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression. Daniel Gillies conventionsaggressionbehavior What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair. Dave Mustaine conventionspoliticshair It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. Denis Diderot conventionshuman-natureshould123456»
