“It is unlikely that someone could proclaim "truths" that are counter to physical laws for very long (for example, that it is healthy for children to run around in bathing suits in winter and in fur coats in summer) without appearing ridiculous. But it is perfectly normal to speak of the necessity of striking and humiliating children and robbing them of their autonomy, at the same time using such high-sounding words as chastising, upbringing, and guiding onto the right path.” ChildrenLongRunningLawSpeakPathExampleHealthyNormalSummerWinterRidiculousSuitsCoatsAutonomyUnlikelyUpbringingFurAppearingRight PathHumiliatingBathingRobbingBathing SuitsPerfectly NormalFur Coats Book:For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
“We shall have to stop looking askance on trends in relation to sex merely as a reproductive capability, i.e. that it is normal to make babies. Society will have to change in its assessment of what the proclivities of humanity may be. Our viewpoints on homosexuality, for example, may have to be reconsidered and more wisely adjusted.” MayHumanitySexExampleBabyNormalRelationTrendsCapabilityHomosexualityViewpointsAssessment Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“The normal expectancy of the average investor - for example, the pension funds of AT&T or IBM - is 6% for a long time.” LongExampleNormalLong TimeAverageFundInvestorsPensionExpectancyIbm Author:Charlie Munger
“There's no doubt 'normal' is changing - spring actually came a month early in Alaska, for example, and we had to stop filming.” DoubtExampleMonthsNormalSpringNo DoubtAlaska Author:Travis Rice
“I think British people for example can handle better their own poorness. The image of their poorness. But in France, people don't handle it very well. Either you are normal or ... if you are poor you better not show it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsShowsPoorExampleNormalBritishHandleFrance Author:Gaspar Noe
“Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.” PeopleWorldWarAnswersClearCuttingExampleNormalPagesImpactWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiDozenTeenageTextbooks Author:Joan Bauer