Popularity Quotes
Everyone was going crazy, like they’d just witnessed the birth of Jesus and the invention of electricity at the same time. Jude was a rock star, their savior, and they were paying him homage.
Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers to crunch as if they are dogs.
Misunderstanding is generally simpler than true understanding, and hence has more potential for popularity.
The things that are most popular are usually rubbish, stand up for what’s important, not popular.
Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the voice of the devil, or worse, the voice of a fool. Theodore Roosevelt
We the people have more power than we know, and we must learn to use it judiciously.
Hanging with people who make you feel unappreciated, for the mere sake of appearing to be popular, is the loneliest place to be.
Beauty is more popular than virtues because it is more visible than virtues.
Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known.
Some books sold because they are (said to be) great. Some are (said to be) great because they sold.
I am not superior than anybody, don't say i am, else i won't defend you when you get caught.
I'm just Phil from Rossendale. And now people are screaming for me 'cause I make YouTube videos - it's just crazy!
Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
Don't try to make yourself marketable, you'll be surprised to see yourself at the bottom. Stay incognito, and people will peruse the whole world looking for you, by that time, you'll be at the top.
That empty sick feeling came over me again. In a big school it was easy to fade into the background, but I didn’t know if that would be possible here. I tried not to think about it anymore.
Real men do not work for fame. That is what I think. Popularity is just a piece of crap. I prefer a private life.
The Jesus Movement had survived the fad phase and was settling down for the long haul.
Churchill kept perspective on the crowds that gathered to hear him speak by conceding they would be twice as big if gathered to see him hanged.
Trying to become something in a world where everyone wants to become something is a thing that needs God's programming.
Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.
Sense isn’t democratic. A senseless opinion that’s advocated by 'the majority' is still senseless.
A sunshine can bring opportunities for a person's life and you should never be disappointed if it shines on you because if you disregard it, you will miss the moment of great luck.
The repentance we are called to is about choosing one audience over another.
Winnie the Pooh finds comfort in counting his pots of honey, and Rabbit finds comfort in knowing where his relations are – even if he doesn't need them at the moment.
He was perceived to be intellectually promiscuous, a little too eager to please all groups.
Despite the huge crowd, He speaks to His disciples as though no one else is there.
Feeling harder to be oneself might be a curse of popularity.
To the untrained eye, Ben had nothing, at least by the bizarre rules that governed high school. But really, Ben was one of the few who wasn't pretending, one of the few who was free.
it's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent.
JFK had a way of grabbing grandeur from mishap.
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no
the ability to get on the air, which was crucial to any reporter’s career, grew precisely as the ability to analyze diminished.
Stop looking for the biggest crowd, and start looking for the right crowd.
He makes an effort to be more spontaneous on Facebook.
Being popular or not, having company or being alone, are not issues of concern for the developed soul.
My name had become a brand. (I have mixed emotions about that part of our (Christian media) industry, for sure.)
Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting.
So many people hate me and love me for the exact same reasons. This is all the proof I need that my opinion about myself is the only opinion I should ever care about.
Popular feeling is very often sentimental, muddle-headed, and eminently unsound, but it cannot be disregarded for all that.
This isn't about your reputation. Our job right now is to make sure that there to ARE future historians.
Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests.