The ‘will to power and independence’ has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.William P. YoungIndependenceNormalcyPower Share this
If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.Maya AngelouNormalcyPotentialSelf-discovery Share this
For that matter, thinking of one’s self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.Lionel ShriverIndividualismNormalcySelf-perception Share this
Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.Michael PalinDistanceNormalcy Share this
Physical science has taught us to associate Deity with the normal rather than with the abnormal.William Edward Hartpole LeckyDeityNormalcyScience Share this
only a thin partition separates the psychically normal from the diseased.Helene DeutschDiseaseNormalcy Share this
You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.George OrwellBeliefIntellectualNormalcy Share this
It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own childrenGeorge OrwellFearNormalcy Share this
As a famous person you think how you’re gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.Gwen StefaniEscapeFameNormalcy Share this
It is a mistake to think of creative activity as something unusualJacob BronowskiCreativityMindsetNormalcy Share this
Most of the awesome people I know are just normal people who were insanely driven.Jason EllisDriveGreatnessNormalcy Share this
The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.Alfred AdlerNormalcyPerceptionSocialization Share this
Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you’re somewhat normal, it’s exotic.David SpadeNormalcy Share this
So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.Alan RudolphNormalcyRealismUniqueness Share this
There are no normal people, there are just different kinds of weird.Dan HarmonDiversityNormalcyPerception Share this
What’s normal is for things to work. What’s not normal is for things to fail.Daniel QuinnFailureFunctionalityNormalcy Share this
What makes Jay Johnstone unusual is that he thinks he’s normal and everyone else is nuts.Danny OzarkNormalcyPerception Share this
People do notice you but they behave normally if you behave normal.Lara DuttaBehaviorNormalcyRecognition Share this
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.John OrtbergIllusionNormalcyTemptation Share this
You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren’t allowed to be normal.Johnny DeppMoneyNormalcyPrivacy Share this
…but it doesn’t feel crazy to us. It feels like what we do.Sharon CreechNormalcyPerceptionRoutine Share this
There were a lot of things in life to be afraid of, but strangeness ought not be among them.Julia QuinnAcceptanceFearNormalcy Share this
The only glory most of us have to hope for is the glory of being normal.Katharine Fullerton GerouldExpectationsIdentityNormalcy Share this
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Charlie Munger Achievement Deserving Success
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Jean Cocteau Deception Perception Reality
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Jean Cocteau Identity Individuality Rebellion
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Charlie Munger Worry
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Charlie Munger Criticism Past Stupidity