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Quotes About Gathering

The sentiments and ideas of all the persons in the gathering take one and the same direction, and their conscious personality vanishes. A collective mind is formed, doubtless transitory, but presenting very clearly defined characteristics.
~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau
We raised our glasses. I could almost hear Dad chuckling at Mom's comment in the way he always did when he was truly enjoying something. It had grown dark outside. A wind picked up, rattling the windows, and the candle flames suddenly shifted, dancing along the border between turbulence and order.
~ Jeannette Walls
Most of us who work as professional futurists never really stop gathering information - you never know when a provocative, potentially disruptive new development might appear.
~ Jamais Cascio
Almost every football player played on the streets. And also, a lot of people not ending up as football players play on the streets. It's the beginning of a lot of social gathering.
~ Edgar Davids
In the late afternoons and early evenings, the crowd is easily over 1 million. That many people simply can't fit in Independence Square. The demonstration spills in to the streets for several blocks.
~ Bob Schaffer
Opinion is dominating, which is absolutely ridiculous - there wouldn't be anything for people to have opinions about if there weren't people out there gathering facts on the ground.
~ Meghan Daum
Think about the style of the occasion before you plan your outfit.
~ Jenny Packham
We all have somebody that sits down at the Thanksgiving table and says the most outrageous things, and you're doin' the dishes with your sister, and you're like, 'Omigod, can you believe she said that?'
~ Vicki Lawrence
Our best line of defense, trying to keep this nation safe and secure, is an effective intelligence-gathering capability, with robust congressional oversight.
~ Richard Burr
We bring tables and chairs to the park and help set up a tent for shade. It's a good time to see old friends that you don't see very often.
~ Unknown
And although in many cases these unions proved happy enough, sailors being excellent husbands, often away and handy about the house when ashore, it did make for a curious gathering when the spouses were invited to a ball.
~ Patrick O'Brian
As you know, six nights a week we gather together to sing songs we know and love, to dance, to escape our daily lives. But on the seventh night … God created Yiddish theater.
~ Paula Vogel
Right down the street is the world-famous Times Square. Although this area is best known as the site where many thousands of people gather each New Year's Eve for a joyous and festive night of public urination
~ Dave Barry
Why don't you come by around six?
~ David Baldacci
When people fear for their futures, they like to gather in a dark room and stare at a screen, holding hands against the gloom.
~ David Carr
She used party as a verb several times.
~ David Foster Wallace
When shall we three meet again, in thunder, lightning, or in rain?
~ William Shakespeare
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast!
~ William Shakespeare
Houses: we bring together in a small space what in the wild is spread out.
~ Yann Martel
Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes.
~ Unknown
Someone, and no matter where, collects the pieces of my shadow.
~ Unknown
Such clubs and bars offered the perfect "third place," neither home nor work, where I could go to unwind and socialize. I wasn't ready to give that up.
~ Unknown
A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover
~ Clifton Fadiman
Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.
~ Clive Owen