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Individual vs. the collective11 quotes
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882He loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons. — Sinclair Lewis · 1935Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore · 1916Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Marines. You're part of a brotherhood. From now on until the day you die, wherever you are, every Marine is your brother. Most of you will go to Vietnam. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this, marines die. That's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever and that means you live forever. — Gunnery Sargent Hartman · 1987All 11 quotes →Team2 quotes
Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man...a man stands alone at a plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field...what is he? You follow me? No one. — Al Capone · 1987The crowd2 quotes
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore · 1916The future belongs to crowds. — Don DeLillo · 1991The military2 quotes
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Marines. You're part of a brotherhood. From now on until the day you die, wherever you are, every Marine is your brother. Most of you will go to Vietnam. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this, marines die. That's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever and that means you live forever. — Gunnery Sargent Hartman · 1987Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969Baseball1 quote
What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man...a man stands alone at a plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field...what is he? You follow me? No one. — Al Capone · 1987Being true to oneself1 quote
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854Individualism1 quote
Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969Isolation1 quote
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore · 1916Man as social animal1 quote
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore · 1916Marines1 quote
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Marines. You're part of a brotherhood. From now on until the day you die, wherever you are, every Marine is your brother. Most of you will go to Vietnam. Some of you will not come back. But always remember this, marines die. That's what we're here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever and that means you live forever. — Gunnery Sargent Hartman · 1987Misanthropy1 quote
He loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons. — Sinclair Lewis · 1935Moral theory1 quote
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882Morality1 quote
Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1882Social contract1 quote
The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry. — H.G. Wells · 1899Taking a different path1 quote
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854The individual1 quote
What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man...a man stands alone at a plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field...what is he? You follow me? No one. — Al Capone · 1987The masses1 quote
The future belongs to crowds. — Don DeLillo · 1991World War II1 quote
Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. — General George S. Patton · 1969