Popularity Quotes

“False has many wings. Do not judge anything by its popularity.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

“Jon, Julie, and the others in the elite course, who had been devastated to miss Falling Out of Trees with Jace Herondale 101, all stared over as if ready to leap up and save Jace from the bad company he’d fallen into, carry him away in a litter made of chocolate and roses, and bear his children.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Whitechapel Fiend

“Science, however, is never conducted as a popularity contest, but instead advances through testable, reproducible, and falsifiable theories.”
― Michio Kaku

“Do you think that a billion people knowing your face makes you special?
It doesn't.”
― Ramez Naam, Crux

“Being known by everyone is not the same as being loved.”
― Dean Koontz, Saint Odd

“He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan-a system of ethics above all others calculated to win popularity at the first flush of admission into lively society.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“The best art is not always the most popular art, and the most popular art is never truly the best art. The best art is that which is streamed through God. And the worst art is that which is void of God. The master artist of the universe is the Creator of All Things, and his reflection is in all of us. Only the artist who is aware that he is a reflection of that greatness, and that creativity is supreme love, is a true divine artist. Even if he is not the most popular artist, he will be very popular among the stars of His universe. That is the master artist, one who uses his talents to serve as a vehicle of God. In his work, you hear God's voice and see with His eyes.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“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.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

“Fame comes and goes; knowledge comes and stays. But none of them safeguard us against danger; it’s only the GRACE of God that keeps us in safety!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“Most of social media is simply a popularity contest. Well, I'm not here for the competition; I have important business and words of depth to change the course. So, while you follow the path of the ignorant, the rest of us will celebrate truth and the higher path.”
― Dara Reidyr

“Father Mike was popular with the church widows. They liked to crowd around him, offering him cookies and bathing in his beatific essence. Part of this essence came from Father Mike's perfect contentment at being five foot four. His shortness had a charitable aspect to it, as though he had given away his height.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

“Cities make ferocious men because they make corrupt men. The mountains, the sea, the forest, make savage men; they develop the fierce side, but often without destroying the humane side.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Some people were simply created with the right genes and the proper social skills, I figured. They ended up at a lunch table with a group of good-looking individuals, like them, who did what all good-looking individuals managed: making the rest of us feel both envious of them and sad for ourselves, intentional or not. They had activities outside of school and followers online—people of social necessity who sat at home on Friday nights and 'liked' popular posts in hopes that they, too, might one day be as attractive and personable.”
― Bryant A. Loney, To Hear The Ocean Sigh

“There are 2 kinds of artists, essentially: those who want to make something popular, and those who want to make something dignified. But then there is still that rare hybrid case, and perhaps by that unintentional stroke of genius, in which one's work uncontrollably becomes both popular and dignified yet beyond its time.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“Real men do not work for fame. That is what I think. Popularity is just a piece of crap. I prefer a private life.”
― Aishah Madadiy, Bits of Heaven

“We aren't just defined by who we are, but by who are friends are. It's funny that we put so much importance on something that wont mean shit once we graduate.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson

“William McKinley was a man made to be managed.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

“Life is not a popularity contest.”
― A.D. Posey

“When famous singer is following your account, When profesional photographers, CEOs, authors, and attorneys, added you into their circle, When a popular model added you as their friend, When a famous Korean actor asked you for adding him into your circle...... You're feeling wow and amazed, but the truth is you need your real friends”
― Glad Munaiseche

“He was perceived to be intellectually promiscuous, a little too eager to please all groups.”
― David Halberstam, The Powers That Be

“The nobles had made reading unpopular, as it showed that one couldn’t afford to buy spells or magical devices, since one had to get knowledge to do things the ordinary way; even if this view held little logic, the king himself was known to insult readers as “bookfaces” or “unable to think for themselves, so they need to spout what others have said,” and these opinions became popular, as did most views expressed by the king or his son.”
― Colleen Chen, Dysmorphic Kingdom

“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”
― H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900

“The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip.”
― Geraldine Brooks, The Secret Chord

“He makes an effort to be more spontaneous on Facebook.”
― Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

“The public personality of a leader is not what really matters. What he does out of the open stage really tells more about him than anything else.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“the ability to get on the air, which was crucial to any reporter’s career, grew precisely as the ability to analyze diminished.”
― David Halberstam, The Powers That Be

“Bring out others better side and they are more likely to see and support yours. You can't develop positive people with negative feedback. What you praise in others, you'll encourage to flourish. People like people who like them.”
― Kare Anderson, Mutuality Matters How You Can Create More Opportunity, Adventure & Friendship With Others

“This isn't about your reputation. Our job right now is to make sure that there to ARE future historians.”
― Stephen L. Carter, Back Channel

“Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― H.W. Brands, American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900

“Chronicling future appeasing Prime Minister Joseph Chamberlain's rise to Parliament from first-generation commercial interests rather than the aristocracy, the author diagnoses even then that he had no center outside himself.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914