Popularity Quotes

370 quotes by 330 authors

The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else. — Mike Love
The short-cut to popularity is to lend everyone your ears, instead of giving them your tongue — Frank Bettger
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… — Philip Larkin
Disraeli was now at the height of his fame and popularity. He still had his enemies... But the people as a whole now admired and… — Christopher Hibbert
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be… — Christian Nestell Bovee
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… — Jerry Lawler
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… — Susan Estrich
Popularity doesn't bother me. It attests to the affection and comprehension of the public. The important thing is to retain the pioneer spirit. I profoundly… — Ennio Morricone
I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging. — Clare Balding
Among Hispanics, there is little change in popularity from a grade point average of 1 through 2.5. After 2.5, the gradient turns sharply negative. A… — Roland G. Fryer, Jr.
The temptation many creative people I know have is to strive for popularity. To make, do, and say things that other people like in the… — Scott Berkun
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… — John George Nicolay
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… — Mario Teguh
The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity. — Douglas B. Reeves
Everybody's private motto: It's better to be popular than right. — Mark Twain
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… — Marianne Williamson
True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after. — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity. — Namie Amuro
It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved since my career… — Mike Tyson
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… — Roy Ayers

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