Group Size Quotes

One man will carry two buckets of water for his own use, Two men will carry one for their joint use; Three men will carry none for anybody's use.

Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there's always four or five.

As you get larger, it is harder to have focused discussions. Because one of the things I've learned about Congress over the past four years that I've been in is there's no shortage of opinions about how things should be done on any particular subject.

We need critical mass. We need people, not just one or two. We need a lot of them.

Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?

Studies have shown that performance gets worse as group size increases ... If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.

This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food.

Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room.

The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction costs.

Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.

Being a three piece, maybe it's easier. You only have two other guys, musically, and everything else to contend with and work with.

But I always say, one's company, two's a crowd, and three's a party

We think that groups of between 30 and 40 early men would have settled in an area measuring a hundred square kilometers.

One can never have too large a party.

A church must grow larger and smaller at the same time. Larger through worship and smaller through small groups.

When any organizational entity expands beyond 21 members, the real power will be in some smaller body.

If three come together let them pick a leader.

Two is company; three is fifty bucks.

My kids think you are always supposed to be in a small group and lead one.

One boy's a boy, two boys are half a boy; three boys are no boy at all.

When you have a group of 30 people together, there's going to be people who don't like each other. That's just simple facts.

If in the first group of people who have gathered, unanimity is not achieved, new people shall be added, after which a group equal in number to the Greatest Name or fewer or greater shall be chosen from their midst by lots; whereupon the consultation shall be renewed; whatever is the result shall be obeyed. If the second time opinions again differ, repeat the process a third time. This time obey the majority vote.

When I see a large group of people, I wonder how many of them will eventually require autopsies.

When you have more than two people working together, it gets a bit unfocused as an idea.

The Rule of 150 says that congregants of a rapidly expanding church, or the members of a social club, or anyone in a group activity banking on the epidemic spread of shared ideals needs to be particularly cognizant of the perils of the bigness. Crossing the 150 line is a small change that can make a big difference.