Quotes About Approval

You would think that American educators would want our kids, especially our kids from poorer families, to hear what top-rated Oxford students hear. But you'd be wrong. American schools now hide their students from ideas like mine if they don't approve of the man or the message.

Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular.

I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.

I have popular support.

Popularity isn't an objective in itself. I'm not in this game.

The popularity of the party and Yingluck is getting more and more.

Popularity matters a lot, as at the end of the day, the love of your audiences can make you win.

I said before that I didn't care much about my popularity. But did I make use of it? Yes.

It's always good to hear positive things.

Wherever I go, the people respond positively to me; they give me respect.

I want every idea I have to make me money. I want every post I write to have 10,000 Facebook likes. I want every talk I give to have people laughing at all the right jokes. I want everyone to like me all the time.

People post things on Instagram that they know people are going to like.

Consumers of comedy, they like me and that's great.

We used to have to convince people we were funny, and it didn't always work.

Copying is a form of self-validation.

I don't like courting controversy because I don't like people not liking me.

It's been sanctioned by the courts, and I accept that.

My cousin Dwayne was really the first person who was like, 'You're funny, man!' I was like, 'OK, sure.'

My father feels that Kammula garu has done magic. At home, he is the best critic. My mother and sister kind of like everything that I do.

There's nothing more satisfying than having an idea and seeing it through to find out that, not only did you like it, but the audience and critics all seemed to agree.

I really do hope that the people will like 14:59. The critics seem to like it. We got a lot of good reviews.

To me, success means either the audience have to like your movie or the critics have to.

When I come home and have a new song I've written, she gives me an honest critique. If my wife likes it, I know I have something.

I have never asked the crowd for their approval, and I will never start.