Quotes about Popularity

Popularity is not leadership. Votes: 4

Popularity? It's glory's small change. Votes: 4

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered. Votes: 4

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong. Votes: 4

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. Votes: 4

Popularity is for dolls. Votes: 3

Popularity is totally overrated. Votes: 3

Popularity can be a real headache. Votes: 3

Popularity is neither fame nor greatness. Votes: 3

Popularity has become its own justification. Votes: 3

Popularity has everything to do with business Votes: 3

Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution. Votes: 3

Popularity ends on yearbook day-Respect stays forever. Votes: 3

Popularity means people think they know you. Votes: 3

Popularity is not an indication of quality. Votes: 3

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality. Votes: 3

Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, Votes: 3

Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats. Votes: 3

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. Votes: 3

Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, my friend. Votes: 3

Popularity has slain more prophets of God than persecution ever did. Votes: 3

Popularity - a piece of faded tinsel, that is out of date. Votes: 3

Popularity is when other people like you. Happiness is when you like yourself. Votes: 3

The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection. Votes: 3

Popularity is not the single determining factor, as we all know, in how people vote. Votes: 3

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. Votes: 3

Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves. Votes: 3

Popularity--The capacity for listening sympathetically when men boast of their wives and women complain of their husbands. Votes: 3

Popularity comes and goes. You need to know who you are, what you stand for, and why you're here. Votes: 3

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. Votes: 3

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston. Votes: 3

It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. Votes: 3

Popularity gives you power only over people who care about being popular. Ostracism gives you power only over those who fear being ostracized. Votes: 3

Popularity isn't just something that happens. You have to give something in exchange for it, and that's the dangerous part of the process. Votes: 3

Real men do not work for fame. That is what I think. Popularity is just a piece of crap. I prefer a private life. Votes: 3

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette-the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace. Votes: 3

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate. Votes: 3

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency. Votes: 3

Popularity, next to virtue and wisdom, ought to be aimed at; for it is the dictate of wisdom, and is necessary to the practice of virtue inmost. Votes: 3

Popularity isn't the end-all, be-all. What matters far more is that you stick to your principles, that you stand up and you live a life of integrity. Votes: 3

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. Votes: 3

Popularity's a weird thing. You can't really define it, and it's not cool to talk about, but you know it when you see it. Like a lazy eye, or porn. Votes: 3

Popularity has a bright side, it unlocks many doors. But the truth is that I don't like it very much because it changes the private life into a very small thing. Votes: 3

Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to wallflower status according to your mysterious and unknowable workings of the universe. Votes: 3

Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music. Votes: 3

Popularity is the product of two factors: (a) how compelling material you offer, and (b) how easy it is to access it. Host free pirated movies and users will flock to the site, even if it's difficult to use. Votes: 3

This game is lame, the music comes second So you can save that stupidness for all them artists you checkin. Popularity don't last long, I'm in it for classics, Cause the other side of the biz is fake and it's plastic. Votes: 3

Popularity makes no law invulnerable to invalidation. Americans accept judicial supervision of their democracy - judicial review of popular but possibly unconstitutional statutes - because they know that if the Constitution is truly to constitute the nation, it must trump some majority preferences. Votes: 3

If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of Popularity is shame; if thou be once up, beware; from fame to infamy is a beaten road. Votes: 3

Popularity disarms envy in well-disposed minds. Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others who feel that the world has done them justice. When success has not this effect in opening the mind, it is a sign that it has been ill deserved. Votes: 3

Avoid popularity if you would have peace. Votes: 2

The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. Votes: 2

True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity. Votes: 2

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs. Votes: 2

I would jump down Etna for any public good - but I hate a mawkish popularity. Votes: 2

True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after. Votes: 2

Those men who are commended by everybody must be very extraordinary men; or, which is more probable, very inconsiderable men. Votes: 2

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. Votes: 2

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. Votes: 2

The love of popularity seems little else than the love of being beloved; and is only blamable when a person aims at the affections of a people by means in appearance honest, but in their end pernicious and destructive. Votes: 2

The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them. Votes: 2

Be as far from desiring the popular love as fearful to deserve the popular hate; ruin dwells in both: the one will hug thee to death; the other will crush thee to destruction: to escape the first, be not ambitious; to avoid the second, be not seditious. Votes: 2

I've given parties that have made Indian rajahs green with envy. I've had prima donnas break $10,000 engagements to come to my smallest dinners. When you were still playing button back in Ohio, I entertained on a cruising trip that was so much fun that I had to sink my yacht to make my guests go home. Votes: 2

A few more days, and this essay will follow the Defensio Populi to the dust and silence of the upper shelf... For a month or two it will occupy a few minutes of chat in every drawing-room, and a few columns in every magazine; and it will then be withdrawn, to make room for the forthcoming novelties. Votes: 2

True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity. Votes: 1

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity. Votes: 1

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity. Votes: 1

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. Votes: 1

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title. Votes: 1

I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be. Votes: 1

My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but you lose the flexibility. And you lose a richness. Votes: 1

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow. Votes: 1

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap. Votes: 1

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. Votes: 1

I am a person who always tries not to be easily influenced by position or achievement. I thank God for the fact that I can share more kindness and a good quality of life through the popularity. Not for the popularity itself. Votes: 1

I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, 'Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school.' I had a great high-school experience. Votes: 1

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times. Votes: 1

Animals' taste systems are specialized for the niche they occupy in the environment. That includes us. As hunters and foragers of the dry savannah, our earliest forebears evolved a taste for important but scarce nutrients: salt and high-energy fats and sugars. That, in a nutshell, explains the widespread popularity of junk food. Votes: 1

The big cop-out would be to accept popularity rather than opting to try to create potent work. It's so easy to do the popular thing, the expected thing, and that's where you start to cheat yourself - and your fans, in the end - because there's an inherent dishonesty in pandering and dishing up what everyone's expecting. Votes: 1

My political science degree is always on the back-burner. I took my LSAT, so even if I want to take the LSAT again, I know what I'm getting into. I'll keep it on the back-burner. Who knows, maybe with my popularity, I can have a career in politics with a law degree. I think it'll work out either way. Votes: 1

Horse racing is waning in popularity. Votes: 0

Please repeat: Influence is Not popularity. Votes: 0

All language is a popularity contest. Votes: 0

High school popularity is so fickle. Votes: 0

Life is not a popularity contest Votes: 0

I don't care with my popularity Votes: 0

Art has never been a popularity contest. Votes: 0

Do not exchange your dignity for popularity. Votes: 0

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest. Votes: 0

Goodness means the highest degree of popularity. Votes: 0

Twitter's popularity and usefulness are mysteries to me. Votes: 0

I will not change just to court popularity. Votes: 0

The presidency is more than a popularity contest. Votes: 0

The cost of living hasn't effected its popularity. Votes: 0

The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. Votes: 0

Violence stops thought. Hence its popularity as a pain-killer. Votes: 0

What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity? Votes: 0

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. Votes: 0

The love of popularity holds you in a vice. Votes: 0

As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can. Votes: 0

If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention. Votes: 0

I want to take advantage of any popularity I have. Votes: 0

In fact, my popularity seems almost entirely a masculine phenomenon. Votes: 0

Feeling harder to be oneself might be a curse of popularity. Votes: 0

I know God can cut it (popularity) off in a minute. Votes: 0

False has many wings. Do not judge anything by its popularity. Votes: 0

I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive. Votes: 0

Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity. Votes: 0

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment. Votes: 0

Bush's popularity is at 40% in South America? He could be their president! Votes: 0

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism Votes: 0

You can't argue with popularity. Well, you could, but you'd be wrong! Votes: 0

Leaders exude courage by sacrificing their popularity for their values and beliefs. Votes: 0

Leadership is not about popularity, it is about doing what is right. Votes: 0

The popularity of the party and Yingluck is getting more and more. Votes: 0

But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit. Votes: 0

That's the definition of popularity. Something that literally resonates with many, many people. Votes: 0

My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity. Votes: 0

I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest. Votes: 0

The popularity of an individual in life often only manifests itself in death. Votes: 0

The first foundation for the creation of authority is always provided by popularity. Votes: 0

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion. Votes: 0

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues. Votes: 0

In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short. Votes: 0

If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity. Votes: 0

The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius. Votes: 0

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer Votes: 0

I'm not trying to win a popularity poll. I'm trying to win football games. Votes: 0

I was always known in my industry, and I always enjoyed a modicum of popularity. Votes: 0

It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character. Votes: 0

A few caring kind quality friends are worth more than any amount of shallow popularity. Votes: 0

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. Votes: 0

You are not a leader to win a popularity contest-you are a leader to lead. Votes: 0

The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity. Votes: 0

I've come to realize that worldly light brings more popularity in someone's life then spiritual light. Votes: 0

Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. Votes: 0

The short-cut to popularity is to lend everyone your ears, instead of giving them your tongue Votes: 0

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity. Votes: 0

The THE TABLOIDS are always going to be a war for POPULARITY in the CELEB world. Votes: 0

You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image. Votes: 0

The internet is about popularity. It is a medium to spread my popularity as an artist. Votes: 0

The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated. Votes: 0

I think politics in general are just like a popularity contest but McCain is just... old. Votes: 0

Barbie's one of those fads whose popularity makes you lose all faith in the human race. Votes: 0

Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity. Votes: 0

I've always tried to be nice to people, so that sort of translates into popularity, I guess. Votes: 0

The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else. Votes: 0

The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful. Votes: 0

Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt? Votes: 0

The real kiss of death - particularly with my father - is the extraordinary popularity of his work. Votes: 0

I love that vinyl is actually growing in popularity, and that there are so many great record stores. Votes: 0

Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status. Votes: 0

How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity. Votes: 0

Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good. Votes: 0

Beating Newt Gingrich in a popularity contest is like beating Stephen Hawking in 'Dancing with the Stars.' Votes: 0

Bloggers create kind of a popularity. But they are not the experts, and we have to understand that. Votes: 0

Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill?. Votes: 0

In high school, it was all about popularity, being with the boyfriend and all the girls thinking he's cute. Votes: 0

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity. Votes: 0

Poets can't worry about popularity since loving life and humanity involves saying what some people don't want to hear. Votes: 0

I feel that what is probably the greatest enemy of longevity is popularity, and most people die of popularity. Votes: 0

Social networking sites like Myspace, Friendster, and Facebook have literally exploded in popularity in just a few short years. Votes: 0

The so-called literature of escape, with its growing popularity, is in part a revolt against the tyranny of clocks. Votes: 0

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof Votes: 0

The immense popularity of American movies abroad demonstrates that Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof. Votes: 0

The early Church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity. Votes: 0

Save me from the error of judging a church by its size, popularity or the amount of its yearly offerings. Votes: 0

Being a singer is not just for popularity, it is more like cheering people's hearts and never forget my root. Votes: 0

The car is a character in the piece - I've never liked the car, I submitted to it's objectionable popularity. Votes: 0

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time. Votes: 0

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity. Votes: 0

My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people. Votes: 0

At the height of his popularity in 1977, Cat Stevens converted to Islam and dedicated his life to educational and philanthropic causes. Votes: 0

I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging. Votes: 0

We manifest character when self-sacrifice for the sake of our principles becomes more important than compromise for the sake of popularity. Votes: 0

In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval. Votes: 0

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters. Votes: 0

Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: youth equals popularity, popularity equals success, success equals happiness. Votes: 0

Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls. Votes: 0

In today's world, America's soft power is commonly thought to reside in the global popularity of Hollywood movies, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Starbucks. Votes: 0

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree. Votes: 0

Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided. Votes: 0

We do not interpret bitcoin's popularity as having a relationship with the public's view of the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy Votes: 0

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. Votes: 0

What's true or right is NEVER determined by popularity or polls. The right thing is often unpopular since it's harder to do. Votes: 0

I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness." Votes: 0

To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it. Votes: 0

When popularity is your only goal, doing well in class is going to feature very low, if at all, on your priority list. Votes: 0

The reason why Donald Trump does have a very strong base of popularity is he's an authentic person and not necessarily a politician. Votes: 0

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. Votes: 0

Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clearly what a lot of Americans want to hear. Votes: 0

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances. Votes: 0

There's not even real *popularity* at my school." "That," Coli said emphatically, "is a sentence that has only ever been spoken by popular people. Votes: 0

Climbing towards fame, recognition and popularity is very much pleasant; but all its sweetness does not count even for a day of going down. Votes: 0

Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your popularity. But I don't care. Votes: 0

One of the things that drives Trump's popularity is that he sticks it to these people in the media. And people love seeing that. Votes: 0

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity. Votes: 0

One of the things that drives Trump's popularity is that he sticks it to these people in the media. And people love seeing that. Votes: 0

The popularity of conspiracy theories is explained by people's desire to believe that there is - some group of folks who know what they're doing Votes: 0

Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution. Votes: 0

Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one? Votes: 0

It turns out that popularity is scary. I don't feel comfortable receiving so much attention from people; perhaps that's because I'm just a kampong boy. Votes: 0

I'm not here to win a popularity contest. I'm here to work and have a career. Let the haters hate. I'm ready for the criticism. Votes: 0

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title Votes: 0

The conclusion, so vexatious to democracy, that wisdom and not popularity qualifies for rule may be forced upon us by the peril in atomic energy. Votes: 0

A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election years and economic downturns. Votes: 0

Don't give in to all the cliques and popularity. It means nothing. I know super popular guys, and guess what? They're just normal people, too. Votes: 0

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked. Votes: 0

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character. Votes: 0

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character. Votes: 0

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people. Votes: 0

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any - after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think? Votes: 0

I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity. Votes: 0

Longfellow has his popularity, in the main, because he tells his story or his idea so that one needs nothing but his verses to understand it. Votes: 0

People have an actual bias against there being some kind of popularity for political films, and when they get acknowledged, it helps keep the conversation going. Votes: 0

Whenever education budgets get tightened, art programs are the first to get cut. Like the enduring popularity of reality TV, this never ceases to amaze me. Votes: 0

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion. Votes: 0

He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for his own. Votes: 0

Real popularity is taking the time to love others, reaching out, and never being afraid to be the first one dancing. REMEMBER THE GIRL IN PEARLS. Votes: 0

The consequences of seeking popularity is not only the chronic feeling of lonliness, but a desire to hide your face from the eyes of the universe. Votes: 0

Absolute truth is not dependent upon public opinion or popularity. Now what is this truth? It is His gospel. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

Second, the President's popularity has not translated into increased support for the Republican party or for the policies and approaches on domestic policy championed by the President. Votes: 0

Now, it's a fact well known to those who know it well that prophets of doom only attain popularity when they get the drinks in all around. Votes: 0

Obama is huge in the polls these days. His popularity is soaring. Even conservatives are coming around. 30 percent of them now believe Obama deserves a Green Card. Votes: 0

I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular roles do go to the girls who actively promote their popularity. Votes: 0

Your incredible brain can take you from rags to riches, from loneliness to popularity, and from depression to happiness and joy - if you use it properly. Votes: 0

In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity -- by being opinionated rather than by being learned. Votes: 0

Judging from what looks like the popularity of this classic wrestling show is that the people like what they have grown to know and love here in Memphis Votes: 0

No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. Votes: 0

In Northern Estonia, the Soviet authorities didn't have a recipe on how to fight against the popularity of Finnish TV. Audiences didn't want to watch hardcore Soviet propaganda. Votes: 0

A new poll shows that Tiger Woods' popularity has dropped from 85 percent to 33 percent. President Obama's popularity is also at 33 percent, but Tiger had more fun getting there. Votes: 0

If professional wrestling did not exist, could you come up with this idea? Could you envision the popularity of huge men in tiny bathing suits, pretending to fight? Votes: 0

When one man of popularity can let the world know the problem, he might lose a few dollars himself. He might lose his life. But he's helping millions. Votes: 0

Good character is more important than wealth, good looks, popularity and even education. These things do not guarantee happiness and often they become obstacles to developing good character. Votes: 0

There is a 'patrician arrogance' to James Taylor that accounts in part for his popularity while it at the same time explains the critical resistance to his work. Votes: 0

See, popularity is complicated. You have to spend a lot of time thinking about liking; you have to really like being liked, and also sort like being disliked. Votes: 0

An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match. Votes: 0

Classical music gradually lost popularity because it is too complicated: you need twenty-five or thirty skilled musicians just to hum it properly. So people began to develop regular music. Votes: 0

Our problem is that we don't have enough people in America, including black people, who are progressive and willing to sacrifice their popularity in order to tell the truth. Votes: 0

I'm really interested in kind of weird social situations and cliques, watching girls vying for attention, watching how the popularity thing happens. I've always thought too hard about everything. Votes: 0

It is a fact of human nature that we derive pleasure from watching others engage in pleasurable acts. This explains the popularity of two enterprises: pornography and cafés. Votes: 0

I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, "Your characters aren't likeable." It's not about your character winning a popularity contest. That's not the writer's job. Votes: 0

Some writers achieve great popularity and then disappear forever. The bestseller lists of the past fifty years are, with a few lively exceptions, a sombre graveyard of dead books. Votes: 0

Actually, Joe Biden looked pretty good. In fact, Joe's popularity has gone from 1% to 2% last week to 3% today. At this rate, he could win the nomination by the year 2032. Votes: 0

You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake. Votes: 0

Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it. Votes: 0

Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience. Votes: 0

If the way to do good to my country were to render myself popular, I could easily do it. But extravagant popularity is not the road to public advantage. Votes: 0

A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight. Votes: 0

If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now 'grieving' for 'Calvin and Hobbes' would be wishing me dead. Votes: 0

A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a secular, ostensibly scientific way of affirming the primacy of spirit over matter. Votes: 0

I don't care at all about the mainstream; I don't care about popularity contests; I don't care about who's got the biggest-selling album; and I don't care about glossy production. Votes: 0

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones. Votes: 0

I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things. Votes: 0

Records were replaced by CDs, and lead type died in favor of computerized fonts. However, each had a 100-year ride of popularity, so you can't feel too bad for them. Votes: 0

The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history. Votes: 0

I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction. Votes: 0

It's not enough, and so limiting, to teach the simplistic value of a designer's material wear. Give children the gift of values that will last far beyond [a] fad's temporal popularity. Votes: 0

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity. Votes: 0

I bought a Hummer before I bought a house, and then I bought a house. Every year, everything doubled. The work was doubling. The money was doubling. The popularity was doubling. Votes: 0

You guys are weird," Tori said. Simon sat on the crate beside me. "That's right. We are totally weird and completely uncool. Your popularity is plummeting just by being near us. Votes: 0

What mattered to me was that I didn't compromise my soul in order to try to achieve a kind of popularity. The only thing you can do is just live your life. Votes: 0

He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan-a system of ethics above all others calculated to win popularity at the first flush of admission into lively society. Votes: 0

Learn your craft well. Take care of your own business. Success (popularity) is fleeting for most, but longevity lies in a quality craft with integrity. Oh, and don't take yourself too seriously. Votes: 0

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting. Votes: 0

Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well. Votes: 0

Even popularity can be overdone. In Rome, along at first, you are full of regrets that Michelangelo died; but by and by, you only regret that you didn't see him do it. Votes: 0

It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism. Votes: 0

I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity. Votes: 0

To my way of thinking, passive management of file assets is okay for screwing around with iPads, where we're mainly watching TV on Netflix or obsessive-compulsively checking the popularity of our Instagram uploads. Votes: 0

The president is not doing well with African Americans. His popularity rating - his approval rating - with blacks: two percent. Two percent. That is somewhere between Mark Fuhrman and sickle cell anemia. Votes: 0

Over the years, Good Deeds Day has annually gained greater popularity, spreading beyond geographical boundaries to include many more countries worldwide. International Good Deeds Day has become a global annual tradition of giving. Votes: 0

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of clichés the first prize. Votes: 0

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property. Votes: 0

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity. Votes: 0

I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest? Votes: 0

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around. Votes: 0

People watched the Masters. It was a huge event. It was at The Garden. Now that it is over here in Europe, it has lost a little bit of popularity in the States. Votes: 0

Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need. Votes: 0

Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village. Votes: 0

When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling figure. American viewers judged him on his appearance on TV. Votes: 0

Just as liberalism is the main force that drives conservatism and maintains its popularity in some quarters, conservatism is the reason liberalism continues to enjoy the traction that it does in our poor civilization. Votes: 0

The demand for digital textbooks has increased since its introduction to the marketplace. As students become more familiar with them and computers get faster, larger and more portable, this product will gain in popularity. Votes: 0

You know, it's a wonderful thing. I have to say that some of the greatest actors I've ever worked with have been doing anime for years. It's not just because of the popularity, either. Votes: 0

One reason [of Andy Griffith Show popularity] is because of the formula. It had comedy, but it also had tender moments. The other reason is because it was therapeutic. It helped people relax and unwind. Votes: 0

Chinese president Jiang Zemin met with former Bill Clinton in Hong Kong Wednesday. What a contrast. One is a ruthless communist who gains popularity by damaging the United States, while the other guy runs China. Votes: 0

The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the glory of God to the temporal interest of the clergy. Votes: 0

A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway. Votes: 0

The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything. Votes: 0