The best Quotes and Sayings about Popularity

Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.

A strong reputation is like a good bonfire. When you have one kindled it's easy to keep the flame burning, even if someone comes along and tries to piss on it. But if you fall asleep and neglect it...You'll wake up with ashes.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

I don't want to be liked by everyone.

I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Knowledge is power, power is status and status means popular.

It is impossible to please all the world.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were 'cool' in their younger years.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it.

How others see you is not important. How you see yourself is everything.

Why is it nobody understands me and everybody likes me?

You waste time trying to get people to love you, you'll end up the most popular dead man in town.

Let them hate. Just make sure they spell your name right.

The number of 'followers' you have does not make you better than anyone else. Hitler had millions, Jesus had 12.

The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about.

A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing all you hear is the booing.

Why is it nobody understands me and everybody likes me?