Quotes about Popularity
Our effectiveness at the bottom of the ladder depends on our communication with the top. Popularity is not necessarily influence. 'Woe upon you,' said Our Lord, 'when all men speak well of you.' Greatest is our compassion for others and our ability to elevate them when we have come down from heaven. The bottom of the ladder is best discovered from the top.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
— Edmund Burke
I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It's definitely a gift and for which I'm thankful.
— Kevin Hart
only a tiny portion of the audience is looking for the brand-new thing. Most people are waiting for the tested, the authenticated, and the proven.
— Seth Godin
Faced with an infinite number of choices, many people pick the market leader.
— Seth Godin
The reason Steve Herrell's shop did so well is that it was famous for having a line! People brought folks from out of town to have the experience.
— Seth Godin
We're more popular than Jesus Christ now. I don't know which will go first; rock and roll or Christianity.
— John Lennon
If you get good ratings, they'll cover you even if you have nothing to say.
— Donald Trump
Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
— George Bernard Shaw
We're in a celebrity culture, and when I turn on the news today I hear about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and Paris Hilton and the Kardashian sisters and 'Dancing with the Stars,' one thing after another, Kate Gosselin's new body.
— Philip Yancey
My own personal popularity can have no influence over me when the dictates of my best judgment and the obligations of an oath require of me a particular course. Under such circumstances, whether I sink or swim on the tide of popular favor is, to me, a matter of inferior consideration.
— John Tyler
Vice does not lose its character by becoming fashionable.
— John Wesley