Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinConvention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination. Votes: 3
Walter Darby BannardThe Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor. Votes: 3
Atal Bihari VajpayeeBy ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein. Votes: 3
Carol BellamyWelcome delegates to the 2012 Republican Convention! Remember to set your watches back 400 years. Votes: 3
Andy BorowitzWhat do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair. Votes: 3
Dave MustaineI went to the Democratic Convention as a journalist, and returned a cold-blooded revolutionary. Votes: 3
Hunter S. ThompsonThe key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress. Votes: 3
Trevor BaylisIf we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say? Votes: 3
Chuck SchumerIf we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say? Votes: 3
Charles SchumerA kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. Votes: 3
Andrew VachssFolk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention. Votes: 3
Alan ParsonsI'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. Votes: 2
Hedy LamarrThis is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it. Votes: 2
David BrinkleyI like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s. Votes: 2
Anthony KiedisYou must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. Votes: 0
Gustav MahlerI'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. Votes: 0
China MievilleUniversity convention submerges nature. It issues licenses, and hunting without one is forbidden. Votes: 0
Allan BloomA radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention. Votes: 0
Malcolm GladwellNo action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention. Votes: 0
W. Somerset MaughamThere's a better chance of a brokered convention than any time in our lifetime. Votes: 0
Renee MontagneFollow the light of your intuition, and keep away from the darkness of convention. Votes: 0
Michael Bassey JohnsonNew material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention. Votes: 0
Lawren HarrisBreaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Votes: 0
Richard BransonIt is only the most elite of elite musicians whose unconventional approach becomes convention. Votes: 0
Steve VaiThe spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention. Votes: 0
Ugo BettiArt is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. Votes: 0
W. Somerset MaughamPeople are not free to violate law or convention to satisfy their wants and cravings. Votes: 0
Max AndersAlways listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention. Votes: 0
Bryce CourtenayIntellect has nothing to do with equality except to respect it as a sublime convention. Votes: 0
Jacques BarzunI think that the person who is going to be nominated will be nominated by the convention. Votes: 0
Marco RubioThe worship of convention has never yet led to astonishment and a joyous leap in human potential. Votes: 0
Tama J. KievesAs I get older, I 've shied away from a lot of convention. I've just been making my records. Votes: 0
Kool KeithThe world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth. Votes: 0
Radclyffe HallPresented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history of Utah. The committee informed us they had passed on W[oman] S[uffrage] being ten to five in favor. Votes: 6 Ruth May Fox