Some different views about the creature named "crowd"

3. Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the
crowd; it must be communicated by
contagion
– HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL, Swiss philosopher

4. Walking into the crowd was like sinking
into a stew – you
became an ingredient, you took on a
certain flavor
– MARGARET ATWOOD, Canadian novelist

5. The priest is an immense being
because he makes the crowd believe
astonishing things
– CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, French poet

6. The theater is the involuntary reflex of the
ideas of the crowd – SARAH BERNHARDT, French
actress

7. If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be
one of the crowd – EDWARD DE BONO, Maltese thinker

8. To surround anything, however monstrous or
ridiculous, with an air of mystery, is to invest it with
a secret charm and power of attraction, which to
the crowd is irresistible
– CHARLES DICKENS, English writer

9. It is easy in the world to live after world’s opinion; it is easy
in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he
who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect
sweetness the independence of solitude
– RALPH WALDO EMERSON, American essayist

10. The time when most of you should
withdraw into yourself is when you are
forced to be in a crowd
– EPICURUS, Greek philosopher

12. There’s a lot of whiners in
every crowd
– R. LEE ERMEY, American actor

13. Don’t underestimate questions from the
crowd; technology has made voters more
informed than ever
– RON FOURNIER, American journalist

14. Crowds prevent you to see the infinite
horizons; get rid of the crowds and
open your horizons
– MEHMET MURAT ILDAN, Turkish playwright

15. He who does without the praise of the crowd will
not deny himself an opportunity to be his own
adherent
– KARL KRAUS, Austrian writer

16. For the last few years, it’s been so chic for
everybody to be miserable. Like if you’re being
with the cool crowd, you can’t be happy
– LENNY KRAVITZ, American singer

17. When I look into the crowd, I see young and
old, black and white ― it’s amazing that I’m able to
connect with so many different kinds of people
– PATTI LABELLE, American singer

18. I just wish the crowd I am associated with was more
passionate about what they were doing and less
consumed with the commerce of art form
– SHIA LABEOUF, American actor

19. The crowd, whether it be a crowd or
an army, is vile
– BENITO MUSSOLINI. Italian politician

20. I do not like the raw sound of the human
voice in unison unless
it is under the discipline of music
– FLANNERY O’CONNOR, American writer

21. The vulgar crowd value friends according to
their usefulness
– Ovidius, Roman poet

22. The intelligence of the creature known
as a crowd, is the square root of the
number of people in it
– TERRY PRATCHETT, English writer

23. A live concert is exciting to me because of all the electricity
that is generated in the crowd and on stage. It’s my favorite
part of the business, live concerts
– ELVIS PRESLEY, American singer

24. The mob rushes in where
individuals fear to tread
– B. F. SKINNER, American psycologist

25. You stand out in the crowd only because
you have these many, many carrying you
on their shoulders
– DESMOND TUTU, South African Anglican bishop

26. Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the
dynamic of history.
The influence of real needs and compulsion, of real
interests and materials, is indirect because the
crowd is never conscious of it
– SIMONE WEIL, French philosopher

27. A charming woman… doesn’t follow the
crowd. She is herself
– LORETTA YOUNG, American actress

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EUROPA
(Earth’s cry, haven’s smile)
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