Quotes about Popularity

People try so hard to believe in leaders now, pitifully hard. But we no sooner get a popular reformer or politician or soldier or writer or philosopher—a Roosevelt, a Tolstoy, a Wood, a Shaw, a Nietzsche, than the cross-currents of criticism wash him away. My Lord, no man can stand prominence these days. It's the surest path to obscurity. People get sick of hearing the same name over and over.

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Popularity is about wanting people to like you, but happiness is about liking yourself.

Nothing is so fickle and uncertain as popularity. It is here today and gone tomorrow. It is a sandy foundation, and sure to fail those who build upon it.

Wealth maketh many friends.

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!

The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value.

Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.

Measure your success by the number of people who envy you.