“The reason the lawyers lead the line to the guillotine or the firing squad is that, while law is supposed to be a device to serve society, a civilized way of helping the wheels go round without too much friction, it is pretty hard to find a group less concerned with serving society and more concerned with serving themselves than the lawyers.” WayHardReasonHelpingLawLinesToo MuchGroupsConcernedRoundsLawyerSupposed To BeWheelsDevicesServingCivilizedFiringFrictionSquadGuillotine Author:Fred Rodell
“I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. I think we ask too many questions of ourselves. We make too much importance of stuff. But I do say to actors when I have taught in classes, or when I sometimes do a talk to a group. I'll say, “If I never acted again, the world wouldn't stop, nor would it stop if I didn't stop acting. That's how important it is. I know it [seems] important when you're young. But I say, “Lighten up. Don't take it all so seriously.” All the gurus and teachers will take your money and run.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldImportantSometimesSeemsRunningYoungActorsAsksStuffEnjoyActingClassToo MuchTeacherGroupsTaughtImportanceGuru Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I was heavily into AD&D in my teens (late 1970s-early 1980s) but fell off the RPG habit in the mid-80s and have never gone back to it; my lifestyle today isn't very compatible with having a regular gaming group (too much travel).” TodayGoneToo MuchGroupsHabitLateLifestyleAdsTeens80sCompatibleGamingRpgs Author:Charles Stross
“With the groups who asked me to join them - like the Rolling Stones, Spirit, David Bowie, and Blood, Sweat & Tears - I said no right away because I was way too much into my own thing.” WaySaidSpiritMy OwnToo MuchGroupsBloodTearsStonesSweatRollingRolling StonesBowie Author:Shuggie Otis
“I guess my other advice is that it's really good to be comfortable among groups of men! It's just a very common work setting and I don't actually think about it too much, but there must be some comfort level that I've developed over the years.” ThinkingMenYearsLevelsCommonToo MuchGroupsAdviceComfortComfortableSettingSettings Author:Mitchell Baker
“Endless drama in a group clouds consciousness. Too much noise overwhelms the senses. Continual input obscures genuine insight. Do not substitute sensationalism for learning.” ConsciousnessToo MuchGroupsDramaCloudsInsightSensesGenuineEndlessNoiseSubstitutesInputSensationalism Book:The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age Source: The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age
“All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time” PersonsLongImportantDemocracyToo MuchGroupsDangerousPropositionsSmall GroupsToo Much Power Author:Aldous Huxley
“I just look at it as a real group activity when you are making movies. There are so many different artists doing so many different things, and they are all interconnected. So I like to see what everybody else is going to bring to the table before I make up my mind too much about anything.” MindLooksDifferentRealArtistToo MuchGroupsActivityTablesDifferent ThingsInterconnected Author:Michael Shannon