Quotes about Unpopular

Unpopular but right is what you're going for. Votes: 3

Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation. Votes: 3

Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable. Votes: 3

Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask. Votes: 3

I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish. Votes: 2

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Votes: 2

The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people. Votes: 2

The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. Votes: 2

Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. Votes: 2

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? Votes: 2

I've had strong opinions probably since I was born. It makes you unpopular, but what can you do? Votes: 2

A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle. Votes: 2

When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar. Votes: 2

I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause. Votes: 2

The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups. Votes: 2

The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. Votes: 2

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. Votes: 2

When President George W. Bush attempted to reform Social Security, that proposal was more unpopular with Americans than the Iraq war. People love their entitlements. Votes: 2

By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed. Votes: 2

Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in. Votes: 2

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization. Votes: 2

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader. Votes: 2

There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions. Votes: 2

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything. Votes: 2

President Obama has only had two major policy victories during his tenure: the stimulus package and Obamacare. Both are massively unpopular. The stimulus package launched the Tea Party movement. Obamacare led to the Republican wipeout of 2010. Votes: 2

The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul. Votes: 2

I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that deep into it, but there's something great about loving what you love and not caring if it's unpopular. Votes: 2

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach. Votes: 2

You should never have to say hello or goodbye. Even at work sometimes, and I know this is very unpopular, is that if I'm going to work every single day, I don't think you should have to hug people hello every single day when you come to work. I saw you Monday! Votes: 2

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion. Votes: 2

I know I'm unpopular. Votes: 0

Truth will only make you unpopular. Votes: 0

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular. Votes: 0

The depositary of power is always unpopular. Votes: 0

An unpopular rule is never long maintained. Votes: 0

I'm just one of these unpopular musicians. Votes: 0

In high school, I was very unpopular. Votes: 0

I was never really unpopular in high school. Votes: 0

I HATE HALLOWEEN. This makes me VERY unpopular. Votes: 0

In all the world, rich people are very unpopular. Votes: 0

Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. Votes: 0

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. Votes: 0

Intelligent people are always on the unpopular side of anything. Votes: 0

First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously. Votes: 0

I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious. Votes: 0

We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses. Votes: 0

Generally, I have an instinct for the noncommercial. And the unpopular. Votes: 0

At times unpopular measures are needed in order to change behaviour. Votes: 0

As the eldest in the family, I'm used to making unpopular decisions. Votes: 0

Love is feared: it dissolves society, it's unpopular, and it's very rare. Votes: 0

Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world. Votes: 0

Since the end of the Cold War, hegemonism has become increasingly unpopular. Votes: 0

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. Votes: 0

Sometimes in this world you make unpopular decisions because you think they're right. Votes: 0

In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular. Votes: 0

Liquor - you can make it illegal but you can't make it unpopular. Votes: 0

The Christian church does not need more popular preaching, but more unpopular preaching. Votes: 0

I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen. Votes: 0

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular. Votes: 0

Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties! Votes: 0

I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice. Votes: 0

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things. Votes: 0

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular. Votes: 0

Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius. Votes: 0

Just because the truth is unpopular doesn't mean that it should not be proclaimed. Votes: 0

I love agitation and investigation and glory in defending unpopular truth against popular error. Votes: 0

A celebrity farts, and everyone endures, but the unpopular will be thrased to death. Votes: 0

Honesty and unpopular opinions are the toughest sell in a country with an irony-deficiency. Votes: 0

The Moral Sense teaches us what is right, and how to avoid it-when unpopular. Votes: 0

We should celebrate more often politicians who stand up and say things that are unpopular. Votes: 0

Great leaders are willing to retire unloved and unpopular as the price for great exertion. Votes: 0

All serious innovation is only rendered possible by some accident enabling unpopular persons to survive. Votes: 0

The main reason nerds are unpopular is that they have other things to think about. Votes: 0

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Votes: 0

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness. Votes: 0

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? Votes: 0

Human beings do not like to look squarely into the face of tragedy. Gloom is unpopular. Votes: 0

I have a reputation for giving unpopular answers at Democratic debates. I never used marijuana. Sorry! Votes: 0

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate. Votes: 0

Being unpopular is never easy; but being unpopular in a good cause is a shield against despair. Votes: 0

So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular? Votes: 0

Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier. Votes: 0

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular. Votes: 0

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. Votes: 0

Obama hasn't been divisive just because his policies are so unpopular, though that's a large part of it. Votes: 0

For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular. Votes: 0

The fully planned economy, so far from being unpopular, is warmly regarded by those who know it best. Votes: 0

In this world it is becoming more and more unpopular to be a Christian. Soon it may become dangerous. Votes: 0

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated. Votes: 0

We never could clearly understand how it is that egotism, so unpopular in conversation, should be so popular in writing. Votes: 0

Foster a curiosity for the uncommon, regardless of how unpopular it is. The uncommon is where opportunity likes to hide. Votes: 0

...experience should warn us that tough and unpopular decisions are only made under intense political pressure produced by urgent necessity. Votes: 0

You find bargains among the unpopular things, the things that everybody hates. The key is that you must have patience. Votes: 0

If you're surrounded by idiots, you're the unpopular one and the odd one out because idiots don't like smart asses. Votes: 0

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path. Votes: 0

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber. Votes: 0

The avant-garde in every field consists of the lonely, the friendless, the uninvited. All progress is the product of the unpopular. Votes: 0

You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view. Votes: 0

Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours. Votes: 0

Courage is making an unpopular decision and suffering through temporary discomfort because you know it will have the best long-term results. Votes: 0

What's the point in being an unpopular writer? It just doesn't make a lot of sense. For me it doesn't, anyway. Votes: 0

Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time. Votes: 0

Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular. Votes: 0

President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right. 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 think that people who stand up for what they believe in, no matter how unpopular, should be celebrated, not cast aside. Votes: 0

BUT MY RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN ME THAT FEMINISM HAS BECOME AN UNPOPULAR WORD. WOMEN ARE CHOOSING NOT TO IDENTIFY AS FEMINISTS. Votes: 0

Censorship laws are blunt instruments, not sharp scalpels. Once enacted, they are easily misapplied to merely unpopular or only marginally dangerous speech. Votes: 0

My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it. Votes: 0

According to the world standards, following the prophet may be unpopular, politically incorrect or socially unacceptable, but following the prophet is always right, Votes: 0

If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer. Votes: 0

When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time. Votes: 0

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it. Votes: 0

For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular. Votes: 0

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody. Votes: 0

In and out of government, I've always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution. Votes: 0

It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness. Votes: 0

Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. Votes: 0

It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound. Votes: 0

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it. Votes: 0

Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody. Votes: 0

The government was to raise the duty on cheese to 83 percent, an unpopular move that would doubtless have the more militant citizens picketing cheese shops. Votes: 0

People who are not prepared to do unpopular things and defy the clamor of the multitude are not fit to be ministers in time of difficulty. Votes: 0

Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular. Votes: 0

It's part of my game to occasionally send a message, one that may be unpopular to the outside world, but can be important for the team. Votes: 0

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: 0

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of catfish. Votes: 0

I know it is unpopular. I know the timing is unpopular. I know the whole thing is unpopular. But I believe it is the right thing. Votes: 0

I'm not staring. I'm observing. . . . And what do you observe? . . . A brave young woman who has always fought for what was right, even when it was unpopular. Votes: 0

Enlightenment consists not merely in the seeing of luminous shapes and visions, but in making the darkness visible. The latter procedure is more difficult and therefore, unpopular. Votes: 0

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for. Votes: 0

The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society. Votes: 0

And they are beginning to realize that the world they live in is a place where the right thing is often hard, sometimes dangerous, and frequently unpopular. Votes: 0

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies. Votes: 0

I personally think that we should be extremely reluctant to use a recall mechanism for an unpopular decision simply because of the message it sends about judicial independence. Votes: 0

We're not descended from fearful men - not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular. Votes: 0

At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle. It's a hard feeling to shake off. Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me. Votes: 0

My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system. Votes: 0

Commitment to the rule of law provides a basic assurance that people can know what to expect whether what they do is popular or unpopular at the time. Votes: 0

We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it. Votes: 0

You have plaintiffs attorneys, you have defense attorneys. So there is no unified bar that will protect a particular judge who has made a courageous decision that's unpopular. Votes: 0

I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want. Votes: 0

A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country. Votes: 0

Reagan survived the Iran-Contra scandal because the elements of it that were illegal (aiding anti-communist Nicaraguans) were popular and the things that were unpopular (arming the Iranians) were quite legal. Votes: 0

Studies that bring clarity and direction to the black male situation as an integral part of the black family/community are unpopular, not easy to get published and very dangerous. Votes: 0

A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd. Votes: 0

A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd. Votes: 0

You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In general the government here is amazingly unpopular. Votes: 0

You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news. Votes: 0

I realize that it is an unpopular and unhumanitarian position, for which I have been excoriated by 'liberal' colleagues, but I think Plessy v. Ferguson was right and should be re-affirmed, Votes: 0

Another of Cicero's maxims was that if you must do something unpopular, you might as well do it wholeheartedly, for in politics there is no credit to be won by timidity. Votes: 0

To curtail free expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views necessarily deprives others of the right to listen to those views. Votes: 0

Of course we need to show we are a genuine alternative to an unpopular, Conservative-led government. But we need to set ourselves a higher standard than a party offering anger like UKIP. Votes: 0

By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece. Votes: 0

Many businesses with unpopular products or inefficient production find it much easier to curry the favor of a few influential politicians or a government agency than to compete in the open market. Votes: 0

Even when we know what is right, too often we fail to act. More often we grab greedily for the day, letting tomorrow bring what it will, putting off the unpleasant and unpopular. Votes: 0

Politicians have to make unpopular decisions. Schwarzenegger is going to understand the nature of his job. I wish him good luck, he's going to need it. It's going to be difficult for him. Votes: 0

Sentiment has never been unpopular except with a few sick persons who are made sicker by the sight of a child, a glimpse of a wedding, or the thought of a happy home. Votes: 0

Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. There is no getting away from it; the old Christian rule is, "Either marriage, with completely faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence." Votes: 0

Progress has always been achieved by probing well-entrenched and well-founded forms of life with unpopular and unfounded values. This is how man gradually freed himself from fear and from the tyranny of unexamined systems. Votes: 0

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree. Votes: 0

I would not compromise my principles for politics. You're saying, will it become politically unpopular to have the position I'm having? If it does, so be it. I don't compromise my principles for politics. Votes: 0

Leading innovation can be a uniquely lonely and unpopular thing because most of the time, you have to stand by yourself saying, "Everybody sees the world this way. I see the world another way." Votes: 0

The Federal Reserve's job is to do the right thing, to take the long-run interest of the economy to heart, and that sometimes means being unpopular. But we have to do the right thing. Votes: 0

The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover the truth... It takes the highest courage to utter unpopular truths. Votes: 0

People stopped calling themselves Freethinkers because it was so specifically German and anything German was terribly unpopular because of the two world wars. My family became Unitarians instead - it's the same sort of thing. Votes: 0

Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress, both moral and intellectual. They have been unpopular, as was natural. Votes: 0