One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Walter Bagehot Category: Conformity
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, Princeton, 1954 Category: Conformity
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. – Voltaire Category: Conformity
An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. – Edgard Varese Category: Art
You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience. – J. K. Rowling Category: Experience
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places. – John Cheever Category: Family
Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. – William Wycherley Category: Death
