Gregarious Quotes

• A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.

  Thomas Mann

  Men, Talking, Intense

  Thomas Mann (2010). “Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories”, p.24, Vintage

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• I'm the most gregarious of men and love good company, but never less alone when alone.

  Peter O'Toole

  Men, And Love, Good Company

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• The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

  Ivor Novello

  Average, Entertainment, Add

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• The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

  Karl Marx

  Animal, Political, Politics

  Karl Marx (1973). “Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy”, Vintage Books USA

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• I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

  Norman MacCaig

  Nature, Love Is, Hills

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• It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can direct lots of films, because directing films is fun and interactive and gregarious. Writing isn't.

  Guy Ritchie

  Fun, Writing, Keyboards

  "Revolver - Guy Ritchie interview" compiled by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

  Gabriel Byrne

  Attention, Pay, Bears

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• I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing

  Dan Fogelberg

  Wish, Littles, Outgoing

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• I am tired of angry feminists. I like my women happy, gregarious... and bathed.

  Evan Sayet

  Tired, Feminist, Angry

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• The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

  Northrop Frye

  Kings, Stupid, Sheep

  Northrop Frye (2015). “Anatomy of Criticism”, p.143, Princeton University Press

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• Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

  Jayne Meadows

  Opposites, Shy, Quiet

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• Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

  George Santayana

  Hate, Animal, Men

  George Santayana (1937). “The Works of George Santayana: Soliloquies in England and Later soliloquies”

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• The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared.

  Francis Galton

  Cat, Animal, House

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• Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place.

  Susan Cain

  Fashion, Creativity, School

  "The Rise of the New Groupthink". www.nytimes.com. January 13, 2012.

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• I was a very outgoing, gregarious, full-of-energy kid.

  Sutton Foster

  Kids, Energy, Outgoing

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• In our society, the ideal self is bold, gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight. We like to think that we value individuality, but mostly we admire the type of individual who’s comfortable "putting himself out there."

  Susan Cain

  Thinking, Self, Individuality

  "The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance". Interview with Gareth Cook, www.scientificamerican.com. January 24, 2012.

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• I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.

  Karen Armstrong

  Silence, Solitude, Loner

  "A question of faith" by Madeleine Bunting, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2007.

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• Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.

  Thomas Mann

  Beauty, Opposites, Giving

  Thomas Mann (2010). “Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories”, p.24, Vintage

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• I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.

  America Ferrera

  Children, Smiley, Seconds

  "This much I know: America Ferrera" by Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2011.

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• My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.

  Stephen Mangan

  Childhood, Close Family

  "My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

  Barbra Streisand

  Tvs, Host, Stranger

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• The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

  Moby

  Missing, Musician, Working Alone

  "Musician Moby". "Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 20, 2011.

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• By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality to reinforce self-interest.

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Self, Needs

  Bertrand Russell (2008). “History of Western Philosophy”, p.681, Simon and Schuster

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• I am a very peaceful man. I love people and am known for my gregarious personality. However, if you try to confiscate my guns, I will feel compelled to give them to you, one bullet at a time.

  Michael Badnarik

  Men, Gun, People

  "Good to be King: The Foundation of Our Constitutional Freedom". Book by Michael Badnarik, 2004.

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• A really intelligent nation might be held together by far stronger forces than are derived from the purely gregarious instincts. A nation need not be a mob of slaves, clinging to one another through fear, and for the most part incapable of self-government, and begging to be led; but it might consist of vigorous self-reliant men, knit to one another by innumerable ties, into a strong, tense, and elastic organisation.

  Francis Galton

  Strong, Intelligent, Men

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