Contagion Quote by Michael Mauboussin

The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

We are communal beings who love to get together in groups and share emotions - like sporting events, rock concerts and political rallies. We…

— Nick Morgan

I think what I often see is that people are frightened about fashion. Because it scares them or makes them feel insecure, so they…

— Anna Wintour

Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are…

— Joshua Ferris

I think better of our behaviour as individuals than I do when we see ourselves as members of a group. It's when people start…

— John Irving

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

— Karen Armstrong

Confident people have a way of carrying themselves that makes others more attracted to them.

— Sofia Vergara

I think entire social groups are formed through technologies that could never exist in the real world, and relationships that are a function of…

— Atom Egoyan

So many people just have that innate thing that allows them to express themselves in a way the majority can follow. That's when you're…

— Pharrell Williams

People are attracted to confidence and a commitment to ideas, no matter what those ideas are. People can gravitate towards something being said passionately…

— Cameron Monaghan

I've come to realize that, with social media today, people consume fashion very differently than they ever have before - they post it, tweet…

— Kenneth Cole

I think when there's so much information to be eaten up, and so many ways to do it, people cling to groups. I think…

— Kristen Bell