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Conventions are unstated agreements within a community to abide by a single way of doing things - not because there is any inherent advantage to the choice, but because there is an advantage to everyone making the same choice.

I really do the conventions now for two reasons.

All conventions are very enjoyable. The more variety you do, the better.

I always like playing with some sort of typical convention or idea and turning it over.

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

Fashion has always been in conflict with convention. Style involves some knowledge of both. But you can pretty much forget these seasonal injunctions.

The initial attraction of a political convention was that often the outcome was not preordained. There was at least some element of surprise. But, now it's like tuning in to a movie where you already know the plot and the ending. It's just not that interesting.

I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do with, though.

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.