Nickname Non-conformists Prints

"No, you may not call me Mrs. Z."

'Let's not go by the book.'

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

"I'm not weird I'm a 'person of weirdness'."

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

Thinks he's too cool for school.

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

"'How We Die' - fabulous!"

Protest

'You have no idea how hard I've gotta work just to maintain my indie cred around here!'

You are much more likely to think outside the box if it is broken.

The Mainstream

"Every now and then, I find myself in a room filled with people who are wrong."

Do not think outside the box!

Man burning his tie.

'You just don't seem to be fitting in.'

Dare to be different.

"Picasso is at it again. I don't know what he does in there. all he says is that he's living his dream."

"I'm outside the fancy dress shop...."

Frank Zappa

'Louise, everyone is wearing that this year ... don't be such a sheep to fashion.'

"Without mentioning any names, certain questionable liberties have been taken with our dress code."

Loner sheep sings 'I gotta be me'.

"I beg to differ."

"I used to be old, too, but it wasn't my cup of tea."

'Follow the crowd! Do what the other sheep do! Gad, child, why can't you remember that?'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

"And what if we don’t feel like being herded?"

"What do you consider your most attractive feature and what are you doing about it?"

The end of boardroom table establishes independence

"Your experience is impressive and your qualifications excellent but I'm afraid you're let down by not being the same as everyone else."

'It says here you like to push the envelope.'

"An ingenious choice, Madam - dispensing with the usual pretence of impressing one's guests in favour of amusing them!"

'It just happens that all my heroes are anti-heroes.'

Dumbed Down Culture