Social Mood Quotes

As social animals, we are extremely susceptible to the moods of other people. This gives us the power to subtly infuse into people the appropriate mood for influencing them.

Blending hard-bitten realism with long-view optimism, Obama said that every 20 or 30 years brings a new cycle of pessimism in America.

We're in a political environment of competing pessimisms today.

We've played in the North and in the South, and it seems like the young people around America just want to feel good now.

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

People are getting ready for music that makes them feel happy again rather than being depressed at the way the world is going right now.

I have often noticed how primate groups in their entirety enter a similar mood. All of a sudden, all of them are playful, hopping around. Or all of them are grumpy. Or all of them are sleepy and settle down. In such cases, the mood contagion serves the function of synchronizing activities.

Seven out of 10 Americans don't like the direction the country's going.

Popular applause veers with the wind.

What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.

You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.