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Quotes About Popular

Our judiciary has a reputation for intellectual rigour, careful consideration of the arguments, and a serious-minded determination to each decision based on what is right and not necessarily what is superficially popular. I am not sure that all politicians have the same reputation.
~ David Gauke
Since when did scientific evidence become a reason to shy away from ecological action just because it wasn't popular?
~ Timothy Morton
We've had kids come to our shows and ask us why we hate Jesus. It's like, 'Well, we don't hate Jesus at all. We just think religion is silly, and it's a really popular thing, but that doesn't mean we have to agree with it.'
~ Matt Skiba
The Delmore Brothers is hit music - very, very popular - and it still retains that rural flavor and simplicity. I always think of it as family music, really, because families sang it.
~ Ry Cooder
Like a car, a camera is sold as a predatory weapon—one that's as automated as possible, ready to spring. Popular taste expects an easy, an invisible technology.
~ Susan Sontag
Oppose Academicism: Reassure ourselves of the revolutionary, popular character of Marxism-Leninism, engage the masses in a revolutionary education that allows the understanding of Marxism, emphasizethe importance of praxis rather than isolated theory or practice.
~ Joseph Stalin
Coconut is one of those love-hate ingredients.
~ Marcus Samuelsson
Lip Service' was initially a segment. It was so popular that Sirius wanted to make it its own show.
~ Angela Yee
Guitar Player' was always the serious musician's magazine. They rarely catered to what was popular. They focused on innovative players.
~ Jason Becker
There's a reason why VOD is so popular. You don't have to wait. There's instant gratification.
~ Jordan Gavaris
I spent 17 years inside an institution trying to effectively destroy it; can you imagine how popular I am in Brussels? I am the most hated figure that's ever been in that place. Every time I get up to speak, hundreds of people boo and jeer.
~ Nigel Farage
If you get to a point where the existing institutions will not bend to the popular will, you have to eliminate the institutions.
~ Noam Chomsky
There is something so degrading - at least, one would think that there were something so degrading in the practice of writing as a trade - that anyone who has once earned a livelihood, or part of it, obviously and openly, by popular writing, can never be seriously regarded by any great number of people. And then, of course, "he does too much.
~ Ezra Pound
In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.
~ Felix Frankfurter
Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
~ Fran Lebowitz
In some churches today and on some religious television programs, we see the attempt to make Christianity popular and pleasant. We have taken the cross away and substituted cushions.
~ Billy Graham
We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
~ Billy Joel
I used the word 'prose' in the Trans-Siberian in the early Latin sense of prosa dictu . Poem seemed to me too pretentious, too narrow. Prose is more open, popular.
~ Blaise Cendrars
I think cookies are sort of the unsung sweet, you know? They're incredibly popular. But everybody thinks of cakes and pies and fancier desserts before they think cookies. A plate of cookies is a great way to end dinner and really nice to share at the holidays.
~ Bobby Flay
Trilby's face appeared on dolls, fans, writing paper, puzzles, and there were ice cream bars made in the shape of her feet.
~ Harold Schechter
A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The best - and most popular - recipe I've ever written has three ingredients: buttermilk, chicken, and salt.
~ Samin Nosrat
You can't go wrong with fish and chips.
~ Michael Sandel
I think I'm most well-known for 'Yeah.' The word 'Yeah' and my voice.
~ Lil Jon