--- title: "16 Went Viral Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Went Viral quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Went Viral sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/tarana-burke-7738_around-the-world_when-the-metoo-movement-started-and-went_314420.jpg" --- > [When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarana-burke/when-the-metoo-movement-started-and-went-viral-it-was-everyday-people/) [Tarana Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarana-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/tarana-burke-7738_around-the-world_when-the-metoo-movement-started-and-went_314420.jpg) > [But after the TED talk went viral, I called Sara Hirsh Bordo, who had produced TEDxAustinWomen, to ask her advice. She told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzie-velasquez/but-after-the-ted-talk-went-viral-i-called-sara-hirsh-bordo-who-had/) [Lizzie Velasquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizzie-velasquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f18/lizzie-velasquez-8913_advice_but-after-the-ted-talk-went-viral-i-call_1661076.jpg) > [My videos went viral in Pakistan and Bangladesh, but, funnily enough, not in India. India took a lot of time to warm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhuvan-bam/my-videos-went-viral-in-pakistan-and-bangladesh-but-funnily-enough/) [Bhuvan Bam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhuvan-bam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/bhuvan-bam-16315_bangladesh_my-videos-went-viral-in-pakistan-and-ban_488473.jpg) > [In 2013, I did a TEDx talk in Austin. Until then I had sort of a following online but this was completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzie-velasquez/in-2013-i-did-a-tedx-talk-in-austin-until-then-i-had-sort-of-a/) [Lizzie Velasquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizzie-velasquez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/lizzie-velasquez-8913_following_in-2013-i-did-a-tedx-talk-in-austin-unti_2091490.jpg) > [I was getting gig offers from neighbouring countries, but no one knew me in India. Just when I was about to accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhuvan-bam/i-was-getting-gig-offers-from-neighbouring-countries-but-no-one-knew/) [Bhuvan Bam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhuvan-bam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/bhuvan-bam-16315_accept_i-was-getting-gig-offers-from-neighbouri_1172928.jpg) > ['Cleveland' went viral, but it didn't necessarily pop. I didn't have that support. I didn't have a deal when I made 'Cleveland'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/machine-gun-kelly/cleveland-went-viral-but-it-didn-t-necessarily-pop-i-didn-t-have-that/) [Machine Gun Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/machine-gun-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/machine-gun-kelly-2504_anything_cleveland-went-viral-but-it-didn-t-neces_2003467.png) > [I was still on track to go UNC at Chapel Hill, I had no plans to be a musician. It wasn't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-robinson/i-was-still-on-track-to-go-unc-at-chapel-hill-i-had-no-plans-to-be-a/) [Porter Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/porter-robinson-10525_career_i-was-still-on-track-to-go-unc-at-chapel_102382.jpg) > [I was running a charity that taught teenagers about furniture restoration. The Guardian online did a piece with me and it went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-blades/i-was-running-a-charity-that-taught-teenagers-about-furniture/) [Jay Blades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-blades/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/jay-blades-5811_charity_i-was-running-a-charity-that-taught-teen_3042720.jpg) > [The ice bucket challenge went viral in 2014, partly because it was so much fun to watch videos of celebrities or friends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-kristof/the-ice-bucket-challenge-went-viral-in-2014-partly-because-it-was-so/) [Nicholas Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-kristof/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/nicholas-kristof-6723_friendship_the-ice-bucket-challenge-went-viral-in-2_3086508.jpg) > [When I finally accepted a full time job, I saw that as giving up on my artistic dreams. But three years later,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-cooper/when-i-finally-accepted-a-full-time-job-i-saw-that-as-giving-up-on-my/) [Sarah Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/sarah-cooper-5133_art_when-i-finally-accepted-a-full-time-job_1236804.jpg) > [The Internet wasn't even an option for me, so one of the reasons I was so motivated to do street art was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shepard-fairey/the-internet-wasn-t-even-an-option-for-me-so-one-of-the-reasons-i-was/) [Shepard Fairey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shepard-fairey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/shepard-fairey-7921_art_the-internet-wasn-t-even-an-option-for-m_2329120.jpg) > [When I first experienced the millennial response to me, I had come out of a classified briefing, and I told the group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-waters/when-i-first-experienced-the-millennial-response-to-me-i-had-come-out/) [Maxine Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/maxine-waters-3448_come_when-i-first-experienced-the-millennial_801264.jpg) > [“There was this feeling that you got when your video went viral. Like people were going to start asking for your autograph…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-mihajlich/there-was-this-feeling-that-you-got-when-your-video-went-viral-like/) [Lucy Mihajlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-mihajlich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/lucy-mihajlich-31654_death_there-was-this-feeling-that-you-got-when_758566.jpg) > [“Kyle worked in technology; he knew it would only be a matter of time before the video of Daniela and the A-list…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-james/kyle-worked-in-technology-he-knew-it-would-only-be-a-matter-of-time/) [Julie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/julie-james-844_another-man_kyle-worked-in-technology-he-knew-it-wou_1132739.png) > [The first time I used 'Viva La Stool,' I was just bragging about something. People grabbed it, and it went viral organically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-portnoy/the-first-time-i-used-viva-la-stool-i-was-just-bragging-about/) [Dave Portnoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-portnoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/dave-portnoy-10560_bragging_the-first-time-i-used-viva-la-stool-i-wa_2818812.jpg) > [ Mr. President, Mrs. Obama. There is a photograph of you \[hugging\] that went viral, became the most shared photograph in the history… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-walters/mr-president-mrs-obama-there-is-a-photograph-of-you-hugging-that-went/) [Barbara Walters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-walters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/barbara-walters-7622_fire_mr-president-mrs-obama-there-is-a-photog_2303360.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/went-viral/#itemlist", "name": "Went Viral Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. 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