#crowds

Friend: a stranger in hard times. Friends: the street mob that robs you. ↗

— Bauvard

#friendship #funny #humor #strangers #friendship

I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#choruses #crowds #human-voice #music #shouting

A civilization, when the moment has come for crowds to acquire a high hand over it, is at the mercy of too many chances to endure for long. Could anything postpone for a while the hour of its ruin, it would be precisely the extreme instability of the opinions of crowds and their growing indifference and lack of respect for all general beliefs. ↗

— Gustave Le Bon

#crowds #decline #indifference #the-masses #respect

Please don't make me sound like a crazy hermit, but I don't like crowds or noise. ↗

— Steve Burns

#crowds #hermit #i #like #make

I knew nothing of the real life of a musician, but I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#crowds #front #great #i #knew

I hate crowds of people pretending to be happy on one night of the year, where they get drunk and obnoxious by the end of the night. ↗

— Kenny Hickey

#crowds #drunk #end #get #happy

I'm a bit claustrophobic, I don't like crowds, I live by the sea - that's what I see when I come out of my house in Bridlington. ↗

— David Hockney

#claustrophobic #come #crowds #house #i

The crowds can be very loud, especially when you're playing in the evening. ↗

— Stefan Edberg

#especially #evening #loud #playing #very

Honestly, I get energized by the crowds. They feed me emotionally. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#emotionally #feed #get #honestly #i

There are certain things that don't mix well with MS. One is staying up late at night. Another is big, noisy crowds. Well, campaigns are staying up late at night and big noisy crowds. ↗

— Ann Romney

#big #campaigns #certain #certain things #crowds