Crowd Quotes
1289 quotes by 987 authors
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Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind independent of the one prevalent…
— Albert Schweitzer
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It is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the…
— Elias Canetti
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There is a special sensation in getting good wood on the ball and driving a double down the left-field line as the crowd in the…
— Rod Carew
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A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than…
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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A good DJ is always looking at the crowd, seeing what they’re like, seeing whether it’s working; communicating with them. Smiling at them. And a…
— Fatboy Slim
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
— Karl Kraus
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Never follow the crowd in what you do; the crowd has never produced anything of lasting quality, value or beauty.
— Denis Waitley
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The universe has become not only conscious and aware of itself but capable in some respects of choosing its path into the future--though all three,…
— Thomas Nagel
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You know, it doesn't happen that often that you have the crowd support behind you straightaway from the beginning of the match.
— Kim Clijsters
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You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has…
— Lamar Hunt
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The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself.
— Peter Thiel
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Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts—mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that’s generally suppressed…
— Peter Thiel
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We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great…
— Cesare Lombroso
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Every kiss provokes another. Oh, in those earliest days of love how naturally the kisses spring to life! So closely, in their profusion, do they…
— Marcel Proust
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There are two ways of making yourself stand out from the crowd. One is by having a job so big you can go home before…
— Henry Ford
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The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.
— Ivor Novello
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Most hierarchies are nowadays so cumbered with rules and traditions, and so bound in by public laws, that even high employees do not have to…
— Laurence J. Peter
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Nature is shy and noncommittal in a crowd. To learn her secrets, visit her alone or with a single friend, at most. Everything evades you,…
— Edwin Way Teale
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I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all — what do they want, a crowd looking over their typewriters? Or those…
— Wilfrid
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