Madness Of Crowds Quotes

#1. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay, LL. D.

Kurt Vonnegut

#2. A Witch is born out of the true hungers of her time," she said. "I was born out of New York. The things that are most wrong here summoned me. ("Drink Entire: Against The Madness Of Crowds")

Ray Bradbury

#3. All of us are not always smarter than one of us, leaders need to distinguish between the wisdom of crowds and the madness of crowds.

Paul Gibbons

#4. crashes are not randomly occurring lightning bolts; they are the consequence of the madness of crowds who are busy avoiding the last mania as they participate in what will turn out to be the current one.

Emanuel Derman

#5. I wanted so badly to be straight like my friends. But I couldn't change it any more than I could change having brown eyes. And I knew I would never fit into what kids thought was normal.

Cat Cora

#6. The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.

Eric Hoffer

#7. They spoke to me of people, and of humanity.
But I've never seen people, or humanity.
I've seen various people, astonishingly dissimilar,
Each separated from the next by an unpeopled space.

Fernando Pessoa

#8. My life really began when I married my husband.

Nancy Reagan

#9. Any scientist can testify that a dead ocean means a dead planet ... No national law, no national precautions can save the planet. The ocean, more than any other part of our planet, ... is a classic example of the absolute need for international global action.

Thor Heyerdahl

#10. If you would all be quiet and let me finish," continued Dudge. "Oh, all right, finish your yapping," pined Donsay Hat.

L.R.W. Lee

#11. The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association.

Robert Genn

#12. Morning in the city is not a real morning; morning of the shepherd, that is the real morning!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#13. I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the styles from one period to the other.

Max Roach

#14. Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.

Charles Mackay

#15. Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have bewildered us in a maze of madness and error. These are death, toil, and the ignorance of the future..

Charles Mackay

#16. I think, first of all, I don't think people understand Ice Cube's body of work. Ice Cube is a, and I hate to use the word 'urban' but - when you think of Judd Apatow, and a person who's launched so many careers, Ice Cube has done that for so many comedians, you know?

Kevin Hart

#17. I hate to see somebody get locked up, especially someone as talented as Lil Wayne. You know Wayne is a strong figure in the hip-hop marketplace, and for him to go away for 8 months, you know it's sad for hip-hop as a whole.

Fabolous

#18. Every time I stepped into madness of the crowds, I longed for the wisdom of the loneliness.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#19. We all save ourselves child, even if we are fortunate enough to have help along the way.

A. Lee Martinez

#20. Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.

Karen Salmansohn

#21. But then it occured to him that any progress he had made on his quest so far he had made by accepting the help that had been offered to him.

Neil Gaiman

#22. Why is everything that's good for our bodies, our communities, our world, and our planet called the 'alternative'? That means everything bad for us is the accepted norm.

Julia Hill