Quotes About Popularity

To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.

I'm recognizable in certain circles, like girls know me, couples know me. But not all straight men know me.

There is no faster way of destroying a man, or mocking his ideas, than making him fashionable.

Arnold's place in history will be as the man who took golf from being a game for the few to a sport for the masses. He was the catalyst who made that happen.

Brandon is just the kind of man whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to.

I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire.

Inferior thinking and writing will make a name for a man among inferior people, who in all ages and countries, are the majority.

Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name.

Some are skeptical. My mom thought the guitar was going to fizzle out in two weeks, that it was just a fad-and that was in 1958.

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

Hey, Ill be a pretty boy for money.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

When I was broke, no one ever offered to buy me a beer. Now that I have quite a bit of money, everybody tries to buy me beers. Where were all these people back when I was in college and broke?

Lindsay Lohan isn't a DJ, but because of her celebrity power she can do a gig somewhere, put her name on a flyer, and she'll probably bring in more people and make more money than I ever will.

Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks funny talk!'

Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.

I'm not heart-broken if I don't have a hit. But I guess a hit would help. It makes the money go up a bit.

What I'd have liked would have been the money and the hit records without the fame.

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.

The crowd doesn't give a crap as long as you bring the money in.

Now in a way, money is money, and if it's going to increase our audience, that's fine.