“Most troublesome is the legalization of 'crowd funding,' the ability of start-up companies to raise capital from small investors on the Internet.” AbilityCompanyInternetRaisesCrowdsInvestorsFundingTroublesome Author:Steven Rattner
“Many, perhaps most, very learned people prefer the company of their books to sitting in a crowd listening to history and art being mangled; furthermore, it is unlikely that the venerable scholars will stand up afterward to declare, "This lecture was a load of crap." The more profound a professor's distaste with the proceedings, the more likely he is to melt away at the end of the talk.” PeopleArtBookEndsCompanyListeningArt IsSittingProfoundCrowdsProfessorsScholarLoadCrapUnlikelyLecturesProceedingDistasteHistory And Art Author:Camille Paglia
“... except in the eyes of a few fanatics (untrustworthy as all lovers) an unmitigated expanse of water is dull even when blue: not in a small boat, where you are part of the winds and currents and tides and are allowed to hold the tiller now and then; but from those decks which the shipping companies with subconscious insight try to make as suburban as possible so that the impact of the monster outside may be lessened, and where the unrecognized boredom is so deep that a wispy smear of smoke on the horizon will queue up a crowd as if for a Valkyrie passing.” IfsTryingMayEyeWaterCompanyWindLoversBlueImpactCurrentsCrowdsInsightMonstersPassingPassingsBoatSmokeBoredomDullHorizonWhere You AreTidesNow And ThenSubconsciousFanaticsDeckExpanseShippingQueuesUntrustworthy Author:Freya Stark
“Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.” KnowsMindBodyCompanyConversationCrowdsDelightAbsenceMidstContemplatingConfined Author:Mary Astell
“There is room enough in human life to crowd almost every art and science in it. If we pass ""no day without a line""-visit no place without the company of a book-we may with ease fill libraries or empty them of their contents. The more we do, the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.” IfsHumansMayArtBookEnoughLinesRoomsCompanyEmptyLibraryBusyCrowdsEaseHuman LifeLeisureArt And Science Author:William Hazlitt
“A crowd is not necessarily company, but neither need it necessarily prevent thought or disturb peace of mind.” NeedsMindCompanyCrowdsPeace Of Mind Book:On Peace and Happiness Source: On Peace and Happiness