Popularity Quotes - Page 16

• I've always tried to be nice to people, so that sort of translates into popularity, I guess.

  Andy Richter

  Nice, People, Translate

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, tv.avclub.com. May 16, 2001.

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• A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.

  Charles James

  Hate, Acceptance, Sight

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• The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

  T. D. Jakes

  Contentment, Plagiarism, Lows

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• We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in scholastic grades or golf scores. One is often tempted to say that conflict, rather than cooperation, is the great governing principle of human life.

  S. I. Hayakawa

  Golf, Trying, Principles

  "Language in Thought and Action". Book by S. I. Hayakawa (p.14), 1991.

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• A few caring kind quality friends are worth more than any amount of shallow popularity.

  Rachel Hamilton

  Caring, Quality, Kind

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• 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 saws fitted with new teeth.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Example, Teeth, Way

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.114, Courier Corporation

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• 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 the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Character, Italian, Play

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.334, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to pursue important work in spite of general indifference or hostility, and arrive at opinions which are opposed to prevalent errors.

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Errors, Solitude

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Power: A New Social Analysis”, p.37, Routledge

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• Absolute truth is not dependent upon public opinion or popularity. Now what is this truth? It is His gospel. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Public Opinion, Christ

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• Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.

  Terri Windling

  Latin, Magic Realism, Hygiene

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• Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

  John Henry Newman

  Needs, Fickle, Decay

  John Henry Newman (1868). “Works”, p.326

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• ... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when He says, 'How can you have faith in Me when you receive honour from one another and do not seek for the honour that comes from the only God?' (cf. Jn. 5:44).

  Gregory Palamas

  God, Faith, Christian

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• If tournament popularity was the most important consideration, then I think we would create a Smash Bros game that included a multitude of fast moves with complicated controls. However, I believe this is actually the greatest shortcoming of fighting games at present, and that is the reason why I don’t do it.

  Masahiro Sakurai

  Believe, Moving, Fighting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some of our problems can no more be solved correctly by majority opinion than can a problem in arithmetic and there are few problems that cannot be solved according to what is just and right without resort to popular opinion.

  Henry Latham Doherty

  Justice, Majority, Opinion

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• I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.

  David Eddings

  Optimistic, Fiction, Opinion

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• Popularity is not an indication of quality.

  Vanna Bonta

  Quality, Indication

  "Degrees: Thought Capsules and Micro Tales". Book by Vanna Bonta, 1989.

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• The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it

  Niccolo Paganini

  Variation, Mama, I Can

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• Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Judging, Way, Opinion

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.150, Stanford University Press

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• Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Pride, Sound, Abjection

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2541, Delphi Classics

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• Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Soccer, Sports, Heart

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• Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.

  Kin Hubbard

  Long, Guests, Aids

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• 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

  Mom, Business, Views

  Ethel Merman, George Eells (1979). “Merman: an autobiography”, Berkley Pub Group

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• I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.

  Kenny G

  Real, Simple, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The car is a character in the piece - I've never liked the car, I submitted to it's objectionable popularity.

  Paul Michael Glaser

  Character, Car, Pieces

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• Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely part of the answer lies in Clinton's personal moral lapse with Monica Lewinsky. But more important was his sin of omission - his failure to embrace a moral cause beyond popularity.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  Lying, Omission, Important

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