#group

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. ...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind. ↗

— Edward L. Bernays

#manipulation #mind-control #psychology #business

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#appreciate #great #group #individual #sacrifice

The people on Baywatch were about as nice a group of people as I had ever worked with. ↗

— Michael Bergin

#baywatch #ever #group #had #i

I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it's the presence of a broad middle class. The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#broad #class #coming #democracy #democratic

I believe we should use all means necessary to prevent the acquisition or fabrication of nuclear weapons by countries or groups hostile to the U. S. We should act in concert with our allies who are similarly working to protect their countries. ↗

— Sandy Adams

#act #allies #believe #concert #countries

Following my junior year in high school, I went on a camping trip through Russia in a group led by Horst Momber, a young language teacher from Roosevelt. ↗

— Peter Agre

#following #group #high #high school #i

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. ↗

— Fred Allen

#committee #group #unnecessary #unprepared #unwilling

Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done. ↗

— Fred Allen

#decide #done #group #individually #men

People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for large groups of people suddenly, but to serve things that are fussy or fancy or formal. And I don't think that's what anybody really wants, especially if you're not good at it. ↗

— Ted Allen

#cook #dinner #especially #ever #fancy

The best pop music is the songs that a group of people can dance to, but you can also listen to in your bed and cry. That's something obviously that The Beatles started and... so having that darkness there opens another door. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#another #beatles #bed #best #cry