Crowds Quote by Edward Carpenter

And where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds came to listen with serious and sympathetic mien.

— Edward Carpenter

The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

— Franz Grillparzer

Sometimes the crowd is the madness - at others it's the absence of the crowd that is.

— Will Self

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

— Henry David Thoreau

The applause of all but very good men is no more than the precise measure of their possible hostility.

— Alec Guinness

Gentlemen lacking substantial sympathy with their leader found it to be comfortable to deceive themselves, and raise their hearts at the same time by…

— Anthony Trollope

I tend not to hang with 'the crowd' because I believe that at any given moment in history, the crowd is only standing somewhere…

— Jim Goad

In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I hear the cheers when they roared and the jeers when they echoed.

— Babe Ruth

I've heard from other artists that people are a little bit more reserved in Northern Europe, which comes across at concerts, where the audience…

— Agnes Obel

The crowd can be a little different in some places. For example, in Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to…

— Mac DeMarco

Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle, Yet with itself every soul standeth single.

— Alice Cary