Quotes About Popularity

Woodrell is the least-known major writer in the country right now." —Dennis Lehane, USA Today

I get recognized, but I'm not really a famous famous.

I never wanted to be famous.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

An election is a bet on the future, not a popularity test of the past.

the general public enjoys reading any book, of any kind, that is being read by the public generally, through much that herd instinct for doing what everybody else is doing, which exalts sane women upon three-inch heels, and attaches buttons to the sleeves and coat-tails of presumably intelligent men.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

I have millions of likes and follows on all platforms but turned it off as I don't want to be liked because everyone is doing it, I want to be liked or hated by my substance I sow and produce.

Like a moth, Rene was attracted to the flame of fame

Celebrities seek fame. They take actions to get attention. Most often, the actions they take have no particular moral content.

And the influence of their peers can be utterly overwhelming. As their closest friends succumb to the trend of G.O.Y., many children feel pressured to match them for the sake of popularity and acceptance. And sadly, instead of stepping in to be the voice of reason, many parents are feeding into this cultural trend. Many

Joe: Oo, Brittany "Aren't I Fabulous?" Hobson? Addie: She's not that bad. Joe: Brittany "All the Boys Like Me, I'm so Popular I Could Die" Hobson. Addie: Joe!

Christianity should be believed, Lewis routinely said, because it is true, not because it makes you happy, healthy, wealthy or popular. Speaking about his own conversion, he said: "I haven't always been a Christian. I didn't go into religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that.

The worse the author, the more he is known.

If the book's bad enough, they'll publish it, and if it's bad bad enough, the daily reviewers will love it, and it'll sell.

People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made.

Philippa allowed polite regret to inform every muscle. 'Whatever day it occurs,' she said, 'I feel I have a previous engagement.' 'May I congratulate you,' he said agreeably, 'on your evident popularity.' 'Anything I can do,' Philippa said, 'to save you from the exhaustions of pluralism.

Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting and be popular. You may be good at Greek and good at sport, and be wildly popular. But try all three and you're a mountebank. Nothing arouses suspicion quicker than genuine, all-round proficiency.