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Popularity Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.
- A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for…
- A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old…
- An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.
- A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.
- A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.
More Popularity Quotes
- There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. — Dave Barry
- The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. — Max Beerbohm
- Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father, so mother… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular… — Andrea Bocelli
- Horse racing is waning in popularity. — Elayne Boosler
- When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star. — David Bowie
- When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will… — Edmund Burke