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To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.
— Tim Ferriss
The lover and the physician are each popular from the same cause - we talk to them of nothing but ourselves ...
— Letitia Elizabeth Landon
It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.
— Dusty Springfield
The best of us would rather be popular than right.
— Mark Twain
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety.
— Thomas De Quincey
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.
— Al Gore
The artist is the child in the popular fable, every one of whose tears was a pearl.
— Heinrich Heine
Soon after George W. Bush took over the White House after losing the "popular vote" - which in other countries is called the "election" -
— Carl Safina
Old-school hip hop, i.e., whatever was popular when you were nineteen, is great. Everything since then is intolerable.
— Teju Cole
It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound.
— Joseph Smith Jr.
I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.
— Stanislas Wawrinka
The best guarantee against the abuse of power consists in the freedom, the purity, and the frequency of popular elections.
— John Quincy Adams
We as mayors have the opportunity to push the envelope and get people thinking, even when it is not politically popular. Cities hold the key.
— Greg Nickels
Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule.
— Gene Sharp
Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness.
— Bell Hooks
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
— Aristophanes
Lesbians have never been more popular.
— David Letterman
It is that same fear, the fear of ostracism that causes people to conform
and not question commonly accepted opinions or popular trends. — Robert T. Kiyosaki
and not question commonly accepted opinions or popular trends. — Robert T. Kiyosaki
When I was young, running with a gang was a cool thing to do; that's how you get popular; that's how you get the girls.
— Martin Compston
Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned.
— Emmett Tyrrell
There is a long and successful tradition of popular movements in the U.S. and elsewhere having an impact on crises in forgotten places.
— John Prendergast
I don't know what a credit bubble means. I don't even know what a bubble means. These words have become popular. I don't think they have any meaning.
— Eugene Fama
I have popular support.
— Saad Hariri
Popular religion is a coping mechanism for the anxieties of a dysfunctional social and economic environment.
— Gregory S. Paul
Billy the Kid shooting all those people over in New Mexico has made gunfighting real popular with the public.
— Larry McMurtry
Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.
— A.E. Samaan
A leader who always fiercely negotiates most exciting work for his team, may become popular, but not necessarily a great leader.
— Bibhuti Kar
The Secret Service once watched for people who fit the popular profile of dangerousness: the lunatic, the loner, the threatener, the hater.
— Bill Dedman
I'm a latecomer to popular TV. This is rather new to me, being in a sitcom. It's been an ambition of mine.
— Ian McKellen
My No. 1 goal in racing was never to be the most popular driver.
— Brad Keselowski
When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens.
— Jodi Picoult
Making things more observable makes them easier to imitate, which makes them more likely to become popular.
— Jonah Berger
One reason why Shakespeare's plays remain so popular is that they're now regularly presented in updated stagings with a contemporary flavor.
— Terry Teachout
Sometimes it's good to be not so popular.
— Alex Mack
Even the most popular people could feel lonely sometimes.
— Aishabella Sheikh
I did not like war, even when it was the popular thing to do.
— Charles Bukowski
Hey, I see people manacled to log walls all the time. You bet. It's a popular sport in Bear Flat. Gonna replace fishing soon.
— Cherise Sinclair
I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and puppies.
— Magenta Periwinkle
Popular congresses are the only means to achieve popular democracy. Any system of government other than popular congresses is undemocratic.
— Muammar Al-Gaddafi
With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.
— John Oates
The most popular form of altruism is giving to others the advice you cannot use yourself.
— Evan Esar
Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.
— Alexis Tsipras
In my fifty years of public life, I have never seen a man [Ronald Reagan] more popular with the American people
— Tip O'Neill
Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.
— Herbert Croly
What sense or thought do they have? They follow the popular singers, and they take the crowd as their teacher.
— Heraclitus
No wonder being a real Christian isn't popular. Who wants to suffer so they can find joy?" ~ Dianne Simmons
— Michelle Sutton
Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.
— Linda Barnes
To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.
— Ian McKellen
The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.
— Deborah Harkness
In the area of species protection, we should concern ourselves with what is right as opposed to what might be easier, or popular in the short term.
— Richard Leakey
If you submit to your gift, you will become known and influential
— Sunday Adelaja
Any time you choose not to hide your tattoo, you're limiting your social sphere, because they're not popular in big business.
— Helen Fisher
Women are in many ways second-class citizens in the United States in 2016, because of the way that we're portrayed in popular culture.
— Geena Davis
so you picked the most popular one as your 'look how normal I am' answer if anyone ever asked." I sighed again and shrugged. "Fine, you got me. And
— Dan Wells
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
— Wilson Mizner
Facebook is popular, approachable, and a fast, easy read. This social media behemoth is all about plot.
— Frances Caballo
Popular music is slowly being laid to rest in every conceivable way ... the ashes are already about us if we could but notice them.
— Steven Morrissey
It must kill George Bush that John McCain is the most popular and Beloved Republican in America.
— Paul Begala
My deep religiosity [ ... ] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books.
— Albert Einstein
Ugly is very popular this year ... I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.
— Andy Rooney
Concerning your Personal Brand; Do not do that which is Popular, do that which is Purposeful
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.
— Gloria Estefan
You can spend your life trying to be popular, and that's a tricky business. You can just try to be true to yourself.
— Kevin Costner
Civility is just lying to people about your true feelings. Hiding for personal gain.
Popular people, well, they're just the best liars. — Rick Remender
Popular people, well, they're just the best liars. — Rick Remender
It's more important as a manager to be respected than to be popular.
— Kenneth H. Blanchard
Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable.
— C. JoyBell C.
In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
— Benjamin Alire Saenz
Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
— Gabriel Iglesias
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular.
— Andrea Bocelli
Have you ever head this theory about drinking yourself sober?' Eddie asked. 'It's a very popular theory. Amongst drunks, anyway.
— Robert Rankin
Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.
— Gerry Adams
Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command.
— Lindsey Davis
We're delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.
— Bob Iger
My great uncle was in 'Dad's Army.' And I don't know if Americans will know that. It was a hugely popular show in England.
— Daisy Ridley
In many cities, it's become popular to hate 'gentrifiers,' rich people who move in and drive up housing prices - pushing everyone else out.
— Annalee Newitz
The wealthiest and most popular boy at the circumcision school.
— Nelson Mandela
What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.
— Robert Wyatt
There are those who build careers and companies just out of being popular on Instagram, but there's nothing behind them.
— Margot Robbie
We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.
— Helen Thomas
No better is the propensity, very popular nowadays, to brand supporters of other ideologies as lunatics. Psychiatrists
— Ludwig Von Mises
If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.
— Brian Mulroney
True popular ballads are the spontaneous products of nature.
— Francis James Child