People Quote by Ada Leverson

What is popular is not necessarily vulgar; and that which we try to rescue from fatal obscurity had in general much better remain where…

— William Hazlitt

I'll tell you what the public likes more than anything, it's the most rare commodity in the world - honesty.

— Merle Haggard

We value 'stuff' quite highly. Why? Because that 'stuff' apparently matters. Not only that, we use it as a measure of how successful we…

— Rachel Shenton

People appreciate the value of something when they lose some thing.

— Anonymous

I don't understand the public, but I do believe the public is oversold and underrated every day. Give the people something interesting, something to…

— Ry Cooder

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever…

— Michael Bloomberg

The public pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit.

— Samuel Johnson

Most people only value what they work for, people don't respect things when they are handed to them.

— Anonymous

One of the most unattractive human traits, and so easy to fall into, is resentment at the sudden shared popularity of a previously private…

— Stephen Fry

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

— Julius Erving

Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.

— T. S. Eliot

People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.

— Jean Paul Gaultier