Ends Quote by T. S. Eliot

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

— Anonymous

Those who seem to load the public taste are, in general, merely outrunning it in the direction which it is spontaneously pursuing.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

People are going to think and take things how they're going to take it, and I have no control over that, so it's kind…

— Phil Anselmo

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

— Anonymous

A lot of times the mainstream public loves something, critics will hate it and then they'll think the public is stupid and they're above…

— Jim Norton

The public don't know what they want; it's my job to tell them.

— Alec Issigonis

You cannot predict public taste. That's why I always just trusted mine.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

People no longer want to see themselves primarily as consumers, but as activists.

— Mal Fletcher

People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.

— Vince Gilligan

Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

— Aaron Sorkin

It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense…

— Alexander Hamilton

Give the public what they want. What you want is unimportant.

— Pete Waterman