Popularity Quotes

It's very encouraging to be included. Last year, we played one date in Nashville and it was our first experience. But in light of the popularity of 'Kiss Me,' it worked out again this year. And it's amazing to be on such a great bill.

Leigh Nash Sixpence None the Richer
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

Of all the scamps society knows, the traditional good fellow is the most despicable.

J. G. Holland
- Good
- Society
- Knows
The big cop-out would be to accept popularity rather than opting to try to create potent work. It's so easy to do the popular thing, the expected thing, and that's where you start to cheat yourself - and your fans, in the end - because there's an inherent dishonesty in pandering and dishing up what everyone's expecting.

David Howell Evans U2
- Create
- Cheat
- Dishonesty
Competence can step in where popularity cannot go.

Jordan Peterson
Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good.

Christopher Ricks
- Good
- Geniuses
- Rock Music
In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.

Will McDonough
- Thinking
- Sports
- Athlete