Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.plato
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.plato
Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. Martha Beck
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.Martin Luther King
I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act as individuals and nothing more, but time and again - in corporations and business, in politics and religion, in fashion and culture, and in friendships and social circles - we think and do as one. Joshua Ferris
I feel that each and every one of us as individuals has a responsibility to one another. None of us would be here without the help of someone else - whether it be guardians, teachers, parents, relatives, etc. - someone contributed to your well being as a person. We're all connected in so many different ways. Alonzo Mourning
I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn't about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me. Alonzo Mourning
I've never bought into any sort of hard and fast, this-box/that-box characterization. People are individuals. Yes, they may be expected to be a particular way. But that doesn't mean they're going to be that way. Margaret Atwood
If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations, governments, and to extremely wealthy individuals. Ron Chernow
Individuals who are out there to make transactions with pay-per-tweets, it's a turnoff for their fans, rightfully so. Amy Jo Martin
Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large. plutarch
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.Charles Dickens
My upbringing involves individuals who helped me along the way. I don't think I would be here today without that support. Dwyane Wade
Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.Karl Heinrich Marx
The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by many competing societies with many individuals and in contact with societies elsewhere. Jared Diamond