Square Peg Round Hole Quotes

“But then I have always been somewhat of a square peg in a round hole.”

— Cressida Cowell

“Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg.”

— Paul Collins

“For every round peg society forces into a square hole, another brick is laid, building the walls that will eventually close us off from the possibility of living with purpose and passion.”

— Kathryn Perez

“You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.”

— Ray Liotta

“Ideally, writers and narrative designers should be included much earlier in the process, where they can be of most benefit. However, although the industry is slowly getting used to fitting narrative professionals into games development, we're still going through a bit of a 'square-peg in a round hole' phase.”

— Rhianna Pratchett

“He's not your typical prince, more like a square peg in a round hole, kind of like me. He's the sort of guy who wouldn't mind reading side by side on a date.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Certain social situations make me feel like a square peg in a round hole. Realising you can connect to the human race through song makes me feel less alien.”

— Lindi Ortega

“You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.”

— Cheryl Ladd

“That's me. I can be me a bit at home, but I'm kind of like a square peg in a round hole.”

— Mick Ralphs

“A journalist asked this to my father. He spent a day with me and interviewing my friends/colleagues and didn't understand how I could be the one that created 4chan and, as he put it, 'couldn't understand how to fit the square peg into a round hole.' The best way I have of describing it is, 'I didn't define it, and it doesn't define me.'”

— Christopher Poole

“This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.”

— Paul Giamatti

“Freedom to be a round peg in a square hole.”

— Aldous Huxley

“You mean,' Captain Penderton said, 'that any fulfilment obtained at the expense of normalcy is wrong, and should not be allowed to bring happiness. In short, it is better, because it is morally honourable, for the square peg to keep scraping around the round hole rather than to discover and use the unorthodox square that would fit?' ... 'I don't agree”

— Carson McCullers

“I was always an odd girl; I managed to alienate a lot of people. I felt like a square peg in a round hole in the music industry and created a lot of neurosis for myself.”

— Alison Moyet

“You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence.”

— Elbert Hubbard