Elusive Quote by David Brin Download Open image “What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?” — David Brin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Elusive Popularity
Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to wallflower status… — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
“Popularity does not happen overnight with a blink of an eye. It takes time, effort and creative knowledge to reach that particular goal in… — Saaif Alam Copy Share Image
Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I was popular at some times and not so popular at other times. But what mattered was trying to solve problems and deal with… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The consequences of seeking popularity is not only the chronic feeling of lonliness, but a desire to hide your face from the eyes of… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Popularity isn't the end-all, be-all. What matters far more is that you stick to your principles, that you stand up and you live a… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves. — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
Popularity gets you nowhere after high school, matter of fact it's the last thing on your mind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Popularity's a weird thing. You can't really define it, and it's not cool to talk about, but you know it when you see it.… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no. — George Savile Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Men can be brilliant and strong, they whispered to one another. But men can be mad, as well. And the mad ones can ruin… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex. — David Brin Copy Share Image
“We aren’t a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries . . . her ambition and her heart.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs. — David Brin Copy Share Image
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. — David Brin Copy Share Image
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' are so powerful because there's an underlying assumption that this did… — David Brin Copy Share Image
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature",… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take… — Mike Aquilina Copy Share Image
We are all pilgrims on an elusive and endless road... Despite our attempts to build lives on stone foundations, our spirits continuously flow. Endless… — Anthony Lawlor Copy Share Image
I believe in good. It is an ephemeral and elusive quality. It is the center of my beliefs, but it cannot be strengthened by… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
One of the capabilities, which seems to be the most difficult for aspiring leaders to maste is realistic optimism. It requires one to recognize… — Justin Menkes Copy Share Image
For at the heart of the uniform, reasoning is shaky and elusive: a mind in search of ideas should first stock up on appearances. — Francis Ponge Copy Share Image
Insofar as one can talk of a Vionnet school, it comes mostly from my having been an enemy of fashion. There is something superficial… — Madeleine Vionnet Copy Share Image
The object of life is not happiness, but to serve God or the Grail. All of the Grail quests are to serve God. If… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
I think love is one of the most elusive things in the world. I don't know that there's a perfect formula for it and… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
Personal happiness seems mysteriously and frustratingly elusive. Even when people achieve it, they can't hold onto it. That is the greatest clue, the biggest… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
This too is a jihad. Yet we Americans find ourselves in the dangerous position of going to war not against a state but against… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And… — Nathan Lane Copy Share Image
