Popularity – Quotes

I bought a Hummer

I bought a Hummer before I bought a house, and then I bought a house. Every year, everything doubled. The work was doubling. The money was doubling. The popularity was doubling. Gabriel Iglesias

Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father, so mother feels she must go to work to satisfy her children’s needs. That decision can be most shortsighted. Ezra Taft Benson

We must be devoted

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity. Ezra Taft Benson

There are certain basic

There are certain basic principles regarding the proper role of government. If principles are correct, then they can be applied to any specific proposal with confidence… The true statesman values principle above popularity, and works to create popularity for those political principles which are wise and just. Ezra Taft Benson

Mom and Pop were

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. Ethel Merman

All language is a

All language is a popularity contest. Erin McKean

It is a fact

It is a fact of human nature that we derive pleasure from watching others engage in pleasurable acts. This explains the popularity of two enterprises: pornography and cafés. Eric Weiner

It is one of

It is one of the ironies of this strange century that the most lasting results of the October revolution, whose object was the global overthrow of capitalism, was to save its antagonist, both in war and in peace – that is to say, by providing it with the incentive, fear, to reform itself after the … Read more

I have never wished

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know. Epicurus

Popularity doesn’t bother me.

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 love the profession, and I work on each film as if it were the first – and the last. Giving the best of myself. Many of the ‘greats’ ask their … Read more