Being Different Quotes

Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget

A "Normal" person is the sort of person that might be designed by a committee. You know, "Each person puts in a pretty color and it comes out gray."

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different.

The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself.

As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.

The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.

It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.

It's always about being yourself and not being ashamed of being different or thinking different.

What's the use in being different when it's being different that's the same.

Sonically, musicians always go above and beyond in our efforts to disrupt radio. It's always about being different. Our radio is never conventional anyway.

I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat.

We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.

Being different is good; embrace it.

I have long ago accepted that I am a little crazy and a little weird. It wasn't that exciting a revelation though. Turns out everyone is.

I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.

For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices.

Love being different, embrace it, share it, live it because being different is not a curse but a gift we all posses that defines who we are and makes the world a better place.

Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride because it was the most destructive way of being different.

Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly.

Just because a person chooses to express themselves in an extreme way doesn't mean they have an extreme personality.

Don't focus on being different, focus on being yourself - and your difference will naturally shine through!

I think we need to take a step back and realize what the real issues are - it's not being from different places or being different.

I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.

The cool thing about doing films and being different characters is that it's new everyday and new every project. So, you're always learning something different and you get to do research.

I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

Nobody understood what it was like to be black and Jewish... being different from everyone else just made me a lot stronger.

People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine.

I trained at The Groundlings and was surrounded by some very funny women and also some very unfunny men. I didn't feel a sense of things being different because I was a girl.

Being different is a talent. You illuminate what makes you special in the sea of sameness around you.

Everything combines for the works of Merzbow. I don't see them as being different and separate. ...Music and art is not separate. I mix rock sounds and art together .

You can only make a difference by being different.

If you love and care enough, you will give a lot, you will forgive a lot.

I've a very simple yet powerful present for you the one reading this. - I LOVE YOU.

It was almost painful to be different.

Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable.

Originality is the key to being memorable.

Being gifted means facing the next level of depth without ever being repulsed by the curse that comes with the magic of being different.

I sometimes wonder how many beautiful black sweaters have been knit from my wool.

So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.

We spend so long trying to be what other people want, that when we look in the mirror, we see a stranger.

Go ahead and be ordinary. Eccentricity is extraordinary.

Always refuse to be like the others! The more you become similar to the others the more you will be useless because there are already plenty of the others!

It It only when I am alone that I really feel connected to the entire universe.

When you do something different, you are either blessed or cursed!

To see something different gives you a chance to be something different!