O imitators, you slavish herd!

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“...for a man is a Herdentier - an animal that always follows the herd, a gregarious animal - and quickly follow's its neighbour example.”

— Miklós Bánffy

How would she find her herd? How would she find you?

— Lucy Christopher

Of what use is it to please the herd? They are simply coarse animals - for all that is admirable in man is the…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Cultural institutions by and large share one primary objective: herd control. Even when ostensibly benign, their propensity for manipulation, compartmentalization, standardization and suppression of…

— Tom Robbins

“...the presence of others has become even more intolerable to me, their conversation most of all. Oh, how it all annoys and exasperates me:…

— Jean Lorrain

“A pride of the herd attracts one in a million of top of the crop.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“Humans are herd animals and we tend to do what everyone else does.”

— Gabrielle Palmer

“People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Riding in the herd, the sound like one constant, endless sigh; some frantic and others calm, some remembering some wrong done to them while…

— Amanda Coplin

I don't live by a lot of society's rules; I can't pattern myself after the herd.

— Kim Basinger

Some people are little more than herd animals, flocking together whenever the world becomes uncomfortable … I am not one of those people. If…

— Erik Naggum

“Since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere — is…

— Suzy Kassem

The job of every president is to ride herd over Congress.

— Edward Conard

Following the herd is fine, until they all run off the side of a cliff together.

— Glenn Beck