Category Social Norms

Here are some quotes related to social norms along with the authors’ names:

“People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.” – Max Cannon
“Peer pressure and social norms are powerful influences on behavior, and they are classic excuses.” – Andrew Lansley
“We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly.” – Jane Goodall
“Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.” – Anthony Storr
“Ultimately, it’s a really brave thing to do what makes you happy as opposed to what the norm, or the social norm is, and that’s a very important thing for people to remember, especially young women.” – Mia Wasikowska
“Once you break the social norm and create a new social norm, all of a sudden it can stay with us for a long time.” – Dan Ariely
“At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever sort of social group they expect me to be a part of. I never have any identification with these social groups.” – Sean Parker
“Complex things oftentimes disrupt social norms.” – Simon Tam1
“Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.” – Jackson Katz
“For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.” – Carl Bernstein
“In the U.S., I think there is an ideology of not telling kids what to do. Nobody to tell you who to marry, not tell you what job to pick. You’re your own person. You have the freedom to choose, including the freedom to fail in magnificent ways. And I think that’s the big difference. In other countries there is basically a social norm about saving that is passed from generation to generation. In the U.S. there isn’t.” – Dan Ariely
“The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.” – Carol P. Christ
“Most problems are best solved privately, not through government. There’s a problem of discourtesy in the world, which is best handled through social norms, which are indispensable. But you wouldn’t want the government to be mandating courtesy.” – Cass Sunstein
“The culture of a workplace – an organization’s values, norms and practices – has a huge impact on our happiness and success.” – Adam Grant
“I found comfort in aggression, in breaking through false walls and challenging norms.” – Rege-Jean Page
“We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.” – Amanda Gorman2
“I wanna be remembered as someone who broke all the norms.” – Karol G
“One new reality is global interconnectivity and the fact that all challenges must be addressed on the basis of ‘togetherness.’ Thus the most crucial factor in accepting the new reality and confronting its opportunities and risks is our willingness to develop shared norms on all levels.” – Klaus Schwab
“The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.” – Michael K. Powell
“We’ve been playing games since humanity had civilization – there is something primal about our desire and our ability to play games. It’s so deep-seated that it can bypass latter-day cultural norms and biases.” – Jane McGonigal
“Breaking of norms and disregard for decency have huge, long-term costs.” – Tom Steyer
“Understanding the psychology of changing norms starts from a simple insight: although we may wish to be perfectly rational and impartial, bias is an inescapable part of what it means to be human.” – Maria Konnikova
“Hamas and Hezbollah operate within geopolitical norms. They can be negotiated and reasoned with. ISIL is a different animal altogether – a religious cult an order of magnitude more extreme than even the most extreme Islamic groups of the past.” – Malcolm Nance
“Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness – and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.” – Adam Grant
“Breaking gender norms just comes instantly as soon as a boy is comfortable and confident enough to put on makeup.” – James Charles
“It’s my view that gender is culturally formed, but it’s also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation.” – Judith Butler
“A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.” – Henry Cloud
“Maybe Larry Kings cannot thrive or even survive in a world where the norms for discourse are rage, vehemence and character assassination. King wanted to be liked, not feared; admired, not loathed.” – Tom Shales
“Trump’s behavior is conscienceless, showing utter disregard for the safety of others, consistent irresponsibility, callousness, cynicism and disrespect of other human beings. Contempt for truth and honesty, and for norms, rules and laws. A complete inability to feel remorse, or guilt.” – George T. Conway III
“More than any other candidate, Mr. Trump embodies the evolving norms of communication that are being enabled and encouraged by technology and the matrix of connectivity that defines modern life: authenticity over authority, surprise over consistency, celebrity over experience.” – Unknown

Category Traditions

Here are some quotes related to traditions along with the authors’ names:

“Tradition is the illusion of permanence.” – Woody Allen
“The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.” – Mark Twain
“Traditions tell us where we have come from. Scripture itself is a better guide as to where we should now be going.” – N. T. Wright
“A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.” – T. S. Eliot
“The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances.” – Stephen Bayley
“Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned.” – William Butler Yeats
“You do not understand your own tradition if you do not see it in relation to others.” – John Searle
“The transformation from separation to unity, from conflict to peace, is the goal of all spiritual traditions.” – Deepak Chopra
“We learn simply by the exposure of living, and what we learn most natively is the tradition in which we live.” – David P. Gardner
“Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.” – Lewis Mumford
“When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition.” – Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
“Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.” – Scott Adams
“Those who feel guilty contemplating ‘betraying’ the tradition they love by acknowledging their disapproval of elements within it should reflect on the fact that the very tradition to which they are so loyal—the ‘eternal’ tradition introduced to them in their youth—is in fact the evolved product of many adjustments firmly but delicately made by earlier lovers of the same tradition.” – Unknown
“Cultures grow on the vine of tradition.” – Jonah Goldberg
“At the heart of every family tradition is a meaningful experience.” – Unknown
“Sometimes tradition and habit are just that, comfortable excuses to leave things be, even when they are unjust and unworthy.” – Matthew Scully
“The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.” – Dalai Lama
“All tradition is merely the past.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
“To defy the laws of tradition is a crusade only of the brave.” – Les Claypool