“By the early '70s I had gotten reasonable and I started to get in hundreds of groups that rehearsed and never played at all. I mean, the most important thing was to look good and have a great name.” LooksMeanImportantNamesGroupsImportant ThingsReasonable Author:Andy Partridge
“But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.” MeanMadeCultureCoursesIndividualGivenProcessParentQualityStepsGroupsCivilizationIndependentDivisionCellular Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism
“Leadership means that a group, large or small, is willing to entrust authority to a person who has shown judgement, wisdom, personal appeal, and proven competence.” MeanPersonsBusinessGroupsWillingAuthorityJudgmentAppealsProvenCompetence Author:Walt Disney
“Any group of people that has been subordinate absorbs the idea of our own subordination, and that it is natural, and comes to think that the only way to survive is to identify with the powerful. And I think that is not surprising, and it is what happens to a lot of right-wing women. I mean they think they better do what the powerful tell them do otherwise they'll be in even more trouble.” PeopleThinkingWayMeanHas BeensIdeasHappensNaturalPowerfulTroubleGroupsWingsSurprisingRight WingSubordinatesSubordination Author:Gloria Steinem
“It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a social structure regulated by a legal system and animated by a specific ethical ideal - has been the chief formative factor in the life-history of the Muslims of India. It has furnished those basic emotions and loyalties which gradually unify scattered individuals and groups, and finally transform them into a well-defined people, possessing a moral consciousness of their own.” PeopleWellsKindMeanHas BeensCertainIndividualSocialEmotionConsciousnessMoralGroupsExpressionIdealsIndiaStructureIslamLoyaltyFactorsDefinedChiefsPlusEthicalDeniedAnimatedPossessingLegal SystemSocial Structure Book:Speeches, Writings, and Statements of Iqbal Source: Speeches, Writings, and Statements of Iqbal
“Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind... I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.” ThinkingShouldMindMeanStatesEarthUnitedUnited StatesGroupsProudLuckyPopulationExcuseWelcomeBest ThingsDamnBe YouOutrageousExcuse MeSmall Minds Author:Lauren Bacall
“The ethical regime [of the Jews] was quite definitely Ptolemaic, revolving around the small group of Jews, not the larger Gentile group and, accordingly, they learned to remain unimpressed by Gentile temporal power. Being unimpressed did not mean being unafraid material power might beat or starve one to death; it did mean refusing to surrender moral hegemony to the majority merely because it had power.” MeanMightMoralGroupsMaterialsBeatsMajorityJewSurrenderEthicalRegimesSmall GroupsUnafraidHegemonyGentilesRevolving Author:David Riesman
“My meetings with [Ahmed Chalabi] were very brief. I mean, I think I met with him at the State of the Union and just kind of working through the rope line, and he might have come with a group of leaders. But I haven't had any extensive conversations with him.” ThinkingKindMeanStatesMightLinesLeaderGroupsHavensMetsConversationUnionsMeetingsRope Author:George W. Bush