"The rest of the crowd were friends of my fortune, not of me. [Lat., Caetera fortunae, non mea, turba fuit.]"
Read quote
3 likes
Crowds quotes
Crowds
665 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Crowds
Browse quotes that often appear alongside crowds — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Crowds quotes (page 9 of 34)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get."
Read quote
3 likes
"And even though I'm standing in the middle of the biggest crowd I've ever seen in my life, I suddenly feel very alone."
Read quote
3 likes
"We [Paramore] are very different people at home, but the people that we are on-stage is just a side of us that our crowd and the audience that comes to our shows brings out of us. Different people bring different sides out of each other, and for sure our fans bring out the most hyper and ridiculous side of us because we get so psyched to see everyone when we're on stage."
Read quote
3 likes
"The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd."
Read quote
3 likes
"I do not believe that any human being is fundamentally happier for being finally lost in a crowd, even if it is called a crowd of comrades."
Read quote
3 likes
"What I'm doing is a dream come true but at the same time its work. It's like anything else. The only time it doesn't really feel like work to me is when I'm on stage and doing what I've prepared myself for my whole life which is to stand out in front of a crowd and sing."
Read quote
3 likes
"If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene."
Read quote
3 likes
"It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer and the performer has confidence in the crowd."
Read quote
3 likes
"When asses are needed.- You will never get the crowd to cry Hosanna until you ride into town on an ass."
Read quote
3 likes
"Catherine hoped at least to pass uncensured through the crowd. As for admiration, it was always very welcome when it came, but she did not depend on it."
Read quote
3 likes
"I don't like being in big crowds, I don't like being in a room full of people. I get anxious and nervous, but I'm pretty confident about my music. It excites me because I get to sing to all those people."
Read quote
3 likes
"I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?"
Read quote
3 likes
"You are always concentrated on the inner thing. The moment one becomes aware of the crowd, performs for the crowd, it is spectacle."
Read quote
3 likes
"I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live."
Read quote
3 likes
"I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that."
Read quote
3 likes
"It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd."
Read quote
3 likes
"The crowd did not dream when they laid down their money that they would see a total eclipse of the Sonny!"
Read quote
3 likes
"Trust a crowd to look at the wrong end of a miracle every time."
Read quote
3 likes
"The crowd, having been promised nothing, felt cheated, having received nothing."
Read quote
3 likes