“He who seeks truth must be content with a lonely, little-trodden path. If he cannot worship her till she has been canonized by the shouts of the multitude, he must take his place with the members of that wretched crowd who shouted for two long hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" till truth, reason, and calmness were all drowned in noise.” IfsLittlesLongHas BeensTwoReasonTruthHoursPathMembersWorshipLonelyCrowdsNoiseMultitudesWretchedCalmnessDianaLong HoursEphesians Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton
“Crowds can be frightening. They have a way of impressing the low, base taste upon their members. Watching the way thousands of people in his audience could not think for themselves, could not find the courage to allow their ordinary feelings of decency and taste to prevail, I understood better how demagogues are possible.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelingsAudienceTasteMembersLowsOrdinaryUnderstoodCrowdsFrighteningImpressDecency Book:I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie Source: I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie
“The sum of the crowd's IQ was far below that of its most modest single member. Mobs have passions, not brains.” PassionBrainMembersCrowdsModest Book:The Fall of Hyperion Source: The Fall of Hyperion
“It's quite a trick to use three instruments to tell the story of two people, but Vores carried it off; three, for once, is not a crowd. Each member of the trio gets important solos, but there is also a real ensemble character.” PeopleTwoImportantRealCharacterStoriesUseThreeMembersInstrumentsCrowdsTricksSoloEnsembleTrios Author:Richard Dyer
“I held out my hand and George Mitchell said, "Like in everything else, you lead and I'll follow." And the crowd broke up, and we did a twirl or two around the dance floor. And that's like him, you know, he was there for his members, he campaigned for us, he believed in us, and he was really a good sport as well.” KnowsWellsSaidTwoHandsSportsMembersCrowdsBrokeBroke UpDance FloorGood Sports Author:Barbara Mikulski
“Ripred sighed. 'I suppose so. You and I seem to end up doing everything. Shall we say four members for each delegation?' 'Why not?' Luxa said. 'Four can be as stupid as ten. No need to crowd the room.' Ripred laughed. 'You know, I think you an I are going to get on famously.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsSaidEndsSeemsRoomsFourStupidTenMembersCrowdsWhy NotLaughedDelegationRipred Author:Suzanne Collins