in a Land of Conformity
- “Being different in the land of the ordinary or showing your colors in a world of regimentation is difficult but can ultimately be the thing that sets you sufficiently apart to create your own category (of One) at work — with the attendant attention, benefits, pay scale and share of mind. Don’t sell out your specialness to fit in.” — Jennifer R. StJohn
- “Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ‘crackpot’ than the stigma of conformity.” — Thomas J. Watson
- “Don’t be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it.” — William Randolph Hearst
- “The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.” — Martina Navratilova
- “An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship — it is a crime against our nature as human beings.” — Salman Rushdie
- “The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.” — Edsger Dijkstra
- “You can’t make it as a wandering generality. You must become a meaningful specific.” — Zig Ziglar
- “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” — T. E. Lawrence
- “If everybody is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.” — Sam Walton
- “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin
- “Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.” — Mark Twain
- “There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.” — Conan O’Brien
