Popularity Quotes

“I have never found it difficult to abandon a group , to go against the alpha male or female. I have never much cared for gangs, for social tribes , for fitting in. I have known since I was very young that the in-crowd isin't my crowd;they are not my people.”
― Maggie O'Farrell, I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death

“I was blessed to be that person in school who was friends with everyone and got along with every group and cliques in school. I was never bullied in high school, and was in Drama, newspaper, sports, pep, and school politics. Guess I was popular enough too to be voted for things too. So where do all the angst and teenage books come from? From the rest of life, imagination, stepping into the shoes of someone, and some incidences in my own life...especially when it deals with romance. Been there and done that...now I'm happily married ever after to a man like the kind I write about and live in and travel to glamorous and exciting places. This wouldn't happen if I didn't have the confidence to believe in myself and to pursue what I love. - Kailin Gow in Interview.”
― Kailin Gow

“People should communicate their feelings, emotions, thoughts, and words effectively to gain the kind of confidence that would eliminate the need for a mentor.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Soon you will have forgotten all things: soon all things will have forgotten you.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Popularity and true friendship are two different things.”
― Chantal Gadoury, Winterdream: A Retelling of The Nutcracker

“Attempting to appropriate or denigrate the popularity of others will backfire and undermine yours.”
― Stewart Stafford

“The desire to be famous is so common and so intense that genuinely not wanting to be famous is likely to make you famous.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lecture to Art Students

“The temptation to be popular may prioritize public opinion above the word of God. Political campaigns and marketing strategies widely employ public opinion polls to shape their plans. Results of those polls are informative. But they could hardly be used as grounds to justify disobedience to God’s commandments! Even if “everyone is doing it,” wrong is never right. Evil, error, and darkness will never be truth, even if popular. A scriptural warning so declares: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.” After World War I, a rather risqué song became popular. In promoting immorality, it vowed that 50 million people cannot be wrong. But in fact, 50 million people can be wrong—totally wrong. Immorality is still immorality in the eyes of God, who one day will judge all of our deeds and desires.”
― Russell M. Nelson, Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do

“Life is yet to produce someone who is loved by or important to everyone.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Fame is rarely bred by greatness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Popularity is not an evidence of authenticity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana

“Look at that magic. Light mattered to Monet, to Cezanne, to Manet, and now Matisse is moving into almost flat color, and everyone is following. And Picasso? He doesn't care about light at all. But you can't have beauty without light, and beauty is the only worthwhile quest. Don't lose your way trying to become popular.”
― M.J. Rose, Tiffany Blues

“ঠাট্টা

আপনি কাঠবিড়ালীকে ছেড়ে দিলেন ডালে, গায়ে দিলেন লোম
আর মেয়েকে পাঠালেন কলেজে, ছেলেটির বারোটা বাজাতে

প্রকৃতি, এরকম ভুল আপনি আরো করেছেন।

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একটি ঘোড়ার ডিম করেছি কামনা
জানি না কী আছে ডিমে কী আছে জানি না
মানুষ মৃত্যুর আগে মারা যায় কিনা
সেইজন্য অশ্বডিম বিশ্বাস হলো না।”
― Subodh Sarkar, শ্রেষ্ঠ কবিতা

“Clever folk aren’t popular, by and large. They arouse suspicion. They don’t fit in. They can be useful, as I proved on a number of occasions, but among the general population there’s always a sense of vague mistrust, as if the very qualities that make them indispensable also make them dangerous.”
― Joanne Harris, The Gospel of Loki

“Fame is the measure of neither character nor wisdom.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“It is easier to earn fame than earning a fortune.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Do what's right, not what's popular.”
― Michelle Cook-Hall

“„Nu tânji să fii popular; fii impecabil. Nu-ți dori să fii celebru; fii iubit. Nu te mândri cu a fi așteptat; fii palpabil, inconfundabil.”
― C. JoyBell

“Popularity is a terrible goal, because you have to lose yourself to find it.”
― Jen Hatmaker, For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards

“Being famous means surrounding yourself in the collective opinions of the masses. It takes a strong will not to drown in such powerful currents. - The Malwatch”
― Scaylen Renvac

“Popularity is not leadership, results are.”
― Richie Norton

“...if you are at times jealous of your friends’ high popularity, here’s your silver lining. The most popular can be among the first to hear new news but also the first exposed to new infections”
― Matthew O. Jackson, The Human Network: How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors

“Meanwhile, the net celebrates kids whose antics are the most sensationalist and, as a result, often reckless and self-destructive. An entire genre of YouTube video known as Epic Fail features amateur footage of wipeouts and other, well, epic failures. "FAIL Blog," part of The Daily What media empire, solicits fail videos from users and features both extreme sports stunts gone awry along with more random humiliations—like the guy who tried to shoplift an electric guitar by shoving it down his pants. Extreme sports clips are competing on the same sensationalist scale and result in popular classics such as "tire off the roof nut shot" and "insane bike crash into sign." Daring quickly overtakes what used to be skill. In "planking" photos and videos, participants seek to stay frozen in a horizontal plank position as they balance on a flagpole, over a cliff, or on top of a sleeping tiger. For "choking" videos, young people strangle one another to the point of collapse and, sometimes, death.”
― Douglas Rushkoff, Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now

“When I was not a famous guy, I would open Wikipedia pages of current famous celebrities. If their age is even a little older than me, I would feel glad and if they are younger than me, I would feel sad”
― Bhavik Sarkhedi

“When doe something truly become popular? And I don't mean "popular" in the sense that it succeeds,: I mean popular in the sense that the specific thing's incontrovertible popularity is the most important thing about it. I mean "popular" in the way Pet Rocks were popular in 1975, or the way E.T. was popular in 1982, or the way Oprah Winfrey was popular for most of the nineties.

The answer to this question is both obvious and depressing: Something becomes truly popular when it becomes interesting to those who don't particularly care. You don't create a phenomenon like E.T. by appealing to people who love movies. You create a phenomenon like E.T. by appealing to people who see one movie a year.”
― Chuck Klosterman, But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

“Some people are gone, but not forgotten. Some are still here, but already forgotten.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“When popular people die, friends or fans only remember them when they die, but rarely during the years leading up to their death or even a week after. We enjoy the latest updates and gadgets, but rarely go back to older versions of something even if it was better. We are a very superficial race. Even animals are more humane than were are.”
― Suzy Kassem

“If you are more worried about the numbers I have online over the content I put up and that becomes the deciding factor in connecting with me learning from me or working with me, then we wouldn't work together well.”
― Loren Weisman

“Life is not a popularity contest.”
― Adrienne Posey