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Quotes About Group

Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.
~ John Steinbeck
Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything.
~ John Steinbeck
There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything.
~ John Steinbeck
I believe one thing powerfully- that the only creative thing our species has is the individual, lonely mind... The group ungoverned by individual thinking is a horrible destructive principle.
~ John Steinbeck
The group, the herd, which is any collection of children.
~ John Steinbeck
And now the forces marshaled around the concept of the group have declared a war of extermination on that preciousness, the mind of man. By disparagement, by starvation, by repressions, forced direction, and the stunning hammerblows of conditioning, the free, roving mind is being pursued, roped, blunted, drugged. It is a sad suicidal course our species seems to have taken.
~ John Steinbeck
philosophy. Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything. The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man.
~ John Steinbeck
The Jews will become socialist colonisers with strong fists and sharp teeth, a strong national group within the Soviet family of nations.
~ Mikhail Kalinin
The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.
~ B. F. Skinner
The patterns of tiles created by the Moors are of secondary interest: it is the underlying group of symmetries which preserve aspects of the patterns that defines the geometry of the [Alhambra's] murals.
~ Marcus du Sautoy
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
~ Margaret Mead
The significance of the dance in the education and socialisation of Samoan children is two-fold. In the first place it effectively offsets the rigorous subordination in which children are habitually kept. Here the admonitions of the elders change from "Sit down and keep still!" to "Stand up and dance!" The children are actually the centre of the group instead of its barely tolerated fringes.
~ Margaret Mead
That's the pattern of most subversive organization," Peter explained. "They use feelings of patriotism and loyalty to a chosen faith to stir up feelings of hate and so set one group against another.
~ Unknown
The autonomy of the individual appears to be complemented & enhanced by the movement of the group; while the effectiveness of the group seems to depend on the freedom of the individual.
~ Hakim Bey
One thing I learned from drinking is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group of people. And also go in mid-December.
~ Louis C. K.
The autonomy of the individual appears to be complemented and enhanced by the movement of the group; while the effectiveness of the group seems to depend on the freedom of the individual.
~ Hakim Bey
We went to this stupid heavy metal disco after the first gig – which was awful – and the group all started dancing to Deep Purple. I told them to sit down, have some dignity.
~ Mark E. Smith
we are a we-species who do individually what we do largely because of each other. As my childhood excuse ran, 'Bigger boys made me do
~ Unknown
George Mason professor Tim Groseclose argues that another effect [of a liberal media] is the "extremism-redefined principle," in which "the terms 'mainstream' and 'extreme' take on new meaning within the group. When the group is, say, very liberal, mainstream Democratic positions begin to be considered centrist, and positions that would normally be considered extremely left-wing become common place.
~ Mark R. Levin
If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.
~ Mary Douglas
I really haven't seen this many people in one place since they took group photographs of all the criminals and lawbreakers in the Ronald Reagan administration.
~ George Carlin
Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future.
~ Carl Rogers
In every circle of friends there's always that one person everyone secretly hates. Don't have one? Then it's probably you.
~ Will Ferrell
Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition really is women have a special contribution to make any group enterprise.
~ Margaret Mead