Popularity Quotes · Page 11

Nightclubs are a small-revenue business that go through pretty fast popularity cycles.

— Christie Hefner

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

— Washington Allston

Popularity ends on yearbook day-Respect stays forever.

— John Bytheway

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

— Iris Apfel

“Popularity contests are not reliable measures of truth.”

— Mark Strassler

To please the many is to displease the wise.

— Plutarch

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

— Nathan Myhrvold

Being popular is important. Otherwise people might not like you.

— Mimi Pond

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

— Anton Szandor LaVey

“You want to be popular? It’s easy to do. Just be a total weirdo and love yourself for it.”

— Dan Pearce

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

— Malcolm Mclaren

I ate 18 spam fritters in one sitting at Farnham Common junior school in some sort of popularity contest.

— Zoe Ball

“Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you…

— Criss Jami

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

— J. K. Rowling

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

— Christopher Ricks

Popularity never shows that how famous a person is, but shows that how industrious a person he is towards his destination.

— Anonymous

Considering the popularity of soaps with the African-American audience, it's grotesque that the entertainment industry, for all its vaunted liberalism, is lagging…

— Camille Paglia

One reason [of Andy Griffith Show popularity] is because of the formula. It had comedy, but it also had tender moments. The…

— Betty Lynn

There are movies where I've walked onto the set and felt, "This is home," and I'm confident in myself and my work,…

— Olivia Williams

I almost turned down '8 Mile.' I was due to start 'ER,' and I learned they really wanted me to be in…

— Mekhi Phifer

George W. Bush is not preoccupied with his legacy - nor with his popularity. He never has been. He has always led…

— Mark McKinnon

If based on popularity, people will come to theaters because of my name, then I would be very happy, but it isn't…

— Daisy Shah

I'm very happy to be a part of a very successful piece of art, as the 'Saw' films have been. One gets…

— Tobin Bell

“Dr. Lister, who treated the wounded Pres. Garfield, had been so stung by the medical establishment's reaction to his embrace of African-American…

— Candice Millard

Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me…

— Alexander Hamilton

How is it that some celebrities, whom the average person would believe to have all the popularity a human being could want,…

— Criss Jami

[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as…

— Roger Ebert

A majority is always more preferable, simply because one knows that he never stands alone. The opposite, even if it has it…

— Alexander Fennis

It's not just that Miers has zero judicial experience. It's that she's so transparently a crony/"diversity" pick while so many other vastly…

— Michelle Malkin

Seek first the kingdom of wealth and you'll worry over every dollar. Seek first the kingdom of health and you'll sweat every…

— Max Lucado

I certainly wouldn't compare the rewards of watching one's children grow and mature with that of money piling up at the box…

— Julie Andrews

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me…

— Bertrand Russell

Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.

— Alexander Smith

The popularity of the party and Yingluck is getting more and more.

— Thaksin Shinawatra

Leadership is not about popularity, it is about doing what is right.

— Laura Bush

Here's to the kids who care more about music, than popularity.

— Amanda

A dish around which I see too many people doesn't tempt me.

— Julien Green

Our merit gains us the esteem of the virtuous-our star that of the public.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

— Naftali Bennett

There's no value to working hard on being really popular.

— Chris Brogan