Groups Quotes - Page 30

• In various countries and times, leaders of groups that lagged behind, economically and educationally, have taught their followers to blame all their problems on other people - and to hate those other people.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Hate, People

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• If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say.

  Thomas Sowell

  Want, Opinion, Honest

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• On September 11, the murders of World Trade Center employees and visitors took the lives of numerous nationalities, ethnic groups and religious followers.

  Cliff Stearns

  Religious, September 11, Followers

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• It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

  Gwen Stefani

  Song, Eye, People

  "Stefani Shuts Down Website". www.sfgate.com. May 21, 2004.

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• In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change.

  Alex Steffen

  Block, Government, Cities

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• For most people, using the Internet broadens their sense of who 'we' is and actually ends up leaving us in a place of greater compassion and understanding. It leaves us more connected to a larger group of people and more at one with a lot more people in our community.

  Alex Steffen

  Compassion, People, Community

  "Is the Internet the future of community?". The CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2008.

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• Yesterday, the president met with a group he calls the coalition of the willing. Or, as the rest of the world calls them, Britain and Spain.

  Jon Stewart

  Yesterday, President, Spain

  "American Morning" with Soledad O'Brien and Jack Cafferty, www.cnn.com. November 02, 2004.

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• Girls are scary. Large groups of girls scare the crap out of me.

  Kristen Stewart

  Girl, Scary, Scare

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• I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga.

  Sting

  Yoga, Thinking, Rooms

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• Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.

  John Sununu

  Thank You, Running, Jobs

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• Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably smart - smarter even sometimes than the smartest people in them.

  James Surowiecki

  Smart, People, Sometimes

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• I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.

  Taylor Swift

  Fall, People, Heels

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• I've found that men I've dated who are in the same business can be really competitive. I've found a great group of girlfriends in the same business who aren't competitive, but a few times guys have started comparing careers and it has been... challenging.

  Taylor Swift

  Girlfriend, Men, Careers

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• My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.

  Taylor Swift

  Girl, Writing, Years

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• There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Average, People, Our Society

  "Interview: Charles R. Swindoll on Public Speaking and Letting God Lead Our Lives". Interview with Myles Collier, www.christianpost.com. February 23, 2012.

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• I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.

  Clarence Thomas

  Get Away, Sympathetic, Wanted

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• I have to write for everyone. What really fascinates me is how you make films or make stories that can genuinely be shared by different groups.

  Emma Thompson

  Writing, Different, Stories

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• People enjoy the interaction on the Internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting: that's how some software projects are born.

  Linus Torvalds

  People, Interesting, Feelings

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• Every Wednesday, my husband and I have a study group with our friends. I attend church. We try to devote time in the morning, say a prayer.

  Carrie Underwood

  Morning, Prayer, Husband

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• I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.

  Gabrielle Union

  Opportunity, Men, Thinking

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• People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another.

  Fred Upton

  Country, Jobs, People

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• The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee

  Country, Unique, Perception

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division (2004). “Towards a new world: defining moments”

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• You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens.

  Jesse Ventura

  Party, Problem, Stereotype

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• Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.

  Jimmy Wales

  People, Breaking Down, Bunch

  "Know It All" by Stacy Schiff, www.newyorker.com. July 31, 2006.

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• I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!

  Lech Walesa

  Real, Believe, Names

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