Popularity Quotes

And to some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.
George Henry Lewes

George Henry Lewes, The Spanish Drama (1846), Chapter III.

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Their poet, a sad trimmer, but no less In company a very pleasant fellow, Had been the favorite of full many a mess Of men, and made them speeches when half mellow; And though his meaning they could rarely guess, Yet still they deign'd to hiccup or to bellow The glorious meed of popular applause, Of which the first ne'er knows the second cause.

lord byron

— Don Juan (1818-24), Canto III, Stanza 82.

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Some shout him, and some hang upon his car, To gaze in his eyes, and bless him. Maidens wave Their 'kerchiefs, and old women weep for joy; While others, not so satisfied, unhorse The gilded equipage, and turning loose His steeds, usurp a place they well deserve.

william cowper

— William Cowper, The Task (1785), Book VI, line 708.

Tags: shout, him, hang, car, gaze, eyes, bless, Maidens, wave

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"Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you!"


— Luke 6:26.

Tags: Woe, you, when, men, speak

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All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Coriolanus (c. 1607-08), Act II, scene 1, line 221.

Tags: tongues, speak, him, bleared, sights, see

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Or art thou base, common and popular?

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act IV, scene 1, line 37.

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The ladies call him sweet; The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet.

william shakespeare

— William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (c. 1595-6), Act V, scene 2, line 329.

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He has fought a good fight and has had to face every difficulty except popularity.

oscar wilde

— Of William Ernest Henley; quoted in William Rothenstein, Men and Memories, I, ch, 25.

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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

william penn

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I'm sorry that people are so jealous of me... but I can't help it that I'm popular.

gretchen Wieners

— Mean Girls (2004), played by Lacey Chabert

Tags: apologies, Mean Girls, jealousy, sorry, people, jealous, can't, help, popular

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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

walt disney

— American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer (1901 - 1966)

Tags: humor, when, people, laugh, Mickey, mouse, because, he, human

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The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.

Wiz Khalifa

— American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor

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You don't have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you're white, you don't have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are.

Wiz Khalifa

— American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor

Tags: you, don't, Have, certain, thing, cool, you're, white, act

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