Following The Crowd Quotes

“Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“A fool can't help but be a fool, but when others follow, he makes a fool of us all.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Be the one to stand out in the crowd,
Be the one to go where they’d rather not.
Beautiful things don’t beg for a chance to glow
They throw out their lights and just shine out loud!”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“I couldn't find my cup of tea.

So probably, I've been simply taking a sip from everyone else's cup. May be it shouldn't matter as long as there is tea to drink. Or should it?”
― Sanhita Baruah

“heeping (noun): a state of mindlessly following others when in fact you know the truth and the right actions you must take, but you don’t want to overcome social resistance, accept the brief emotional pain of going against social pressure, and assume full responsibility for your life.”
― Dragos Bratasanu, The Pursuit of Dreams: Claim Your Power, Follow Your Heart, and Fulfill Your Destiny

“No matter how loud the voice, no matter how many people are saying it doesn’t make it true. But how can you tell? One tell tale sign is if your voice is suppressed when you try to question that truth.”
― Charles F Glassman

“An overemphasis on teamwork and consensus can cause a kind of mental lethargy. If you subordinate your own expectations to the expectations of the group, you’re absolved of the responsibilities for the choices the group makes.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“...The Nike swoop, the Hollister seagull, the symbol of Philadelphia's professional sports teams, even our high school mascot that you athletes wear to battle other schools... These are your symbols, what you wear to prove that your identity matches the identity of others....Why? Perhaps you feel it's important to not stray too far from the norm. ( Herr Silverman)”
― Mathew Quick

“No matter how loud the voice, no matter how many people are speaking it, doesn’t make it true. But how can I tell?
One tell tale sign is if your voice is suppressed or vilified, when you try to question that voice.”
― Charles F Glassman

“Following the crowd mentality may feel like the right thing to do. That is, until your individual thoughts and ideas do not agree with the entirety of the crowd’s message. That is precisely when the crowd will turn on you..”
― Charles F Glassman

“Our job is to remove the chains that shackle us. The people who make you feel guilty for going against your culture, for going against your religion, all they're saying is: "Look at my chains, they are bigger than yours!”
― Vishen Lakhiani

“Like all fads which come and go, all are familiar with those types of people who want to seem tough, who for some form of acceptance want to impress others with their rigidity; but there is another kind of person that does the very same thing when espousing on 'love': while some pretend to be tougher than they really are, others pretend to be lovers when they really aren't.”
― Criss Jami