Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

Sir George Savile

I don't care if I'm cool or not. I've always been an awkward person anyway.

Chris Carrabba

Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

Mark Twain

True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.

Lord Mansfield

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

Oscar Wilde

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

Aldous Huxley

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Horace Greeley

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

J. K. Rowling

Art has never been a popularity contest.

James Levine

Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.

William Hazlitt

With the overwhelming popularity of mobile phones, the time has never been better for the merging of e-commerce and wireless devices.

Jeff Jordan

He still may not win Miss Congeniality, but he will win a popularity contest.

Ken Duberstein

He's given himself as much potential as he could. There's been nothing really bad that's happened to him, and he's got a budget surplus and a lot of popularity.

Kirk Jowers

Exercise tends to go as popular culture goes. Dance as exercise has probably started popping up in more gyms across the country recently due to the popularity of dancing shows on TV.

Brooke Correia

These clinics really meet the needs of busy individuals. They have gained a lot of popularity in other parts of the country. The time has come to introduce this in Utah.

Phil White

His lack of leadership and his lack of popularity is going to basically play a role in Democrats winning again in the Senate and the House.

Jerry Lundergan

Popularity? It is glory's small change.

Victor Hugo

To exchange principles for popularity might be a temptation. It's at the core of populism. We must offer something else.

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.

Tom Selleck

Information is a treasure for our people. The promise of the journalist is not with popularity. It is with the truth.

Daniel Coronell

Obviously it's not a popularity contest. If it is, he would have been in a long time ago.

Terry Robiskie

If these ideas are given a fair chance in New Orleans and the gulf area, ... their popularity and success will create a momentum for expanding them elsewhere.

Michael Franc

True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.

Bo Bennett

It took a while for eBay to catch attention. In the early days, [retailers'] interest was very little. As the popularity of eBay grew, their interest grew in parallel.

Catherine England

Surely with the enduring chic of the little black dress and the current popularity of Gothic icons, basic black has not lost its luster. With so many distinctive looks and personalities available, we feel you will have no trouble finding the perfect black dog for your family.

Faye Klein

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

Dave Barry

It's very encouraging to be included. Last year, we played one date in Nashville and it was our first experience. But in light of the popularity of 'Kiss Me,' it worked out again this year. And it's amazing to be on such a great bill.

Leigh Nash

We know that 'Monday Night Football' is really popular out here because people bet on it. People who lose on the college games on Saturday and the pro games on Sunday try to make it all up on Monday night. That's a major factor in the popularity of 'Monday Night Football' across the country. People who have lost over the weekend try to get back to even. Whether they do or not is another story.

Dick Davies

We are here to help a friend in need. We'll worry about the popularity contest later.

Ryan Crocker

High-def continues to grow in popularity, and we want our consumers to see our ... ads in the highest-quality format.

Marlene Coulis

The popularity has really developed on word of mouth, and it lives up to it. It also has that universal appeal.

Nancy Parrott

It's not about conservative or liberal. It's about the full selection of radio programming which is based on popularity here in the States.

Allison Barber

The popularity comes from the fact that these radio stations play a real broad catalog of music, so they aren't as repetitive.

Alfredo Alonso

People don't come to your games to see your manager. I can understand why some people will feel that this was based on Alan's popularity here. But really, we could not afford to make this decision based on that, because we need to right this ship.

Dave Dombrowski

Slogans shouldn't just be popularity contests.

Tim Calkins

Preval has quite a bit of popularity in the West and it is the first department that we processed, and therefore he was ahead of everybody. As we include other departments his percentage is going down.

Jacques Bernard

I competed in 2004. I was disappointed because it seemed like a popularity contest. Bands weren't judged on sound.

Ryan Hall

He's someone, in terms of global popularity -- someone who has achieved so much, having gone through all of the adversity ... we're proud to be associated with him.

Joie Chitwood

Popularity is not leadership.

Richard Marcinko

There are also expectations that oil prices will remain high for some time, and that also could be boosting its popularity.

Shigemi Nonaka

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

William Tecumseh Sherman

We're very cognizant of it, but I wouldn't say it was a point of emphasis this year. I think it's just reflective of the popularity of the game and we've done a lot to reach out to areas outside the U.S.

Rodney Knox

The popularity in keeping and breeding birds is rising rapidly in the UK and we are one of the main players in the bird trade in Europe.

David Bowles

Camilla is a million miles away from achieving the popularity that Diana did. ... They will need all the PR expertise they can muster. Prince Charles and Camilla getting married and living in a house on one of his estates is one thing, her ever becoming queen is totally different.

Max Clifford

Database archiving is gaining in popularity, but I think there is confusion in the terminology that has not helped to differentiate active archiving from simple data backup.

Dianne Mcadam

A lot of the kids are running the 5K, when I thought they'd do the youth mile. Because of that, the 5K will probably overtake the 10K in popularity.

Sam Inman

The amazing thing about the popularity of these loans is that people are paying triple-digit interest to get their refunds back only a few days earlier.

Gail Cunningham

People have supported us. We haven't drawn as many fans as the U.S., Mexico or the Dominican Republic, but we have verified a growth in the sport's popularity.

Marco Landi

I think it's a testimony to the popularity of these artists.

Shaun Dingwerth

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.

John Tyler

That little core group of students very quickly became a much larger group of students and the success and popularity of the program began to spread.

Diane Quinn

What we're seeing is a result of Koizumi's diminishing popularity -- the 'Koizumi effect' is wearing off.

Jiro Yamaguchi

Judge Moore doesn't have very large coattails. He went too far when he refused to obey the court order, and that was sort of a turning point and his popularity has been dropping ever since then.

Larry Powell

He never put on airs. He never tried to outdo anybody. Because of that, his popularity simply grew.

Van Orden

People in South Dakota are angry. Gov. [Mike] Rounds' popularity has dropped by 14 points.

Sarah Stoesz

I would say it is a declining number of chain installers because of the popularity of the SUV. We have seen a real drop in the number of people (applying for permits).

Mark Dinger

The French Revolution and the rise of the middle class signaled the end of the harpsichord's popularity. The middle class began attending performances in large concert halls, and a keyboard instrument with a bigger sound that could fill a hall was needed.

Kathleen Mcintosh

The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.

Harrison Ford

He is riding the nuclear wave with great skill to bolster his popularity at home.

Anoush Ehteshami

He is at the height of his popularity right now. He's a person who, in these last number of years, as he became prime minister, at first was regarded as controversial but has established himself as a centrist figure with an enormous following.

Michael Kotzin

The popularity of the line tells us that we are definitely on the right track.

Lavi Yedid

Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.

Gordon B. Hinkley

Obviously when a national labor leader like Richard Trumka is sent to Kentucky, that indicates an act of desperation that they recognize the popularity of giving employees a choice.

Jodi Whitaker

He has kept his popularity amid all the troubles. That is his major success this year.

Indria Samego

More and more people are taking advantage of these plans. They seem to be growing quite rapidly in popularity, mainly because people are just now finding out about them. You still find a lot of people who just don't know much about them.

Joseph Hurley

In terms of popularity, what hobby compares to being a sports fan?

Christian End

I think it'll be a good proxy for a popularity contest for James Cramer.

Gail Bronson

Traditionally, I don't think we've put the focus on it (the Hispanic market). Our popularity is soaring there (Mexico). There is a great deal of interest in American football.

Roger Goodell

That's not to say that these procedures may not increase in popularity in the future. But right now, they are not as popular as they have been portrayed in the media.

Bruce Cunningham

We've got the critical mass of urban dwellers for them, with all the new building and conversions we've had. ... But with their popularity, their trading ring would be 60 or 70 miles, which would include Boulder and Colorado Springs.

Larry Black

Not about my popularity. People have been supporting me since my childhood. They are supporting me because they want a change not about my popularity.

George Weah

A good, effective dashboard application will save business workers time, and that is the key reason why dashboards are gaining in popularity.

Keith Gile

The portable MP3 player category has seen the most growth in popularity and Apple has been a very important driver of that.

Susan Kevorkian

He's never been a champion of immigrant rights. But he may come around now because of the campaign. If he wins over the migrants, that popularity could pull a lot of votes in Mexico.

Felipe Aguirre

We aren't able to give as much to people and we aren't as wealthy as we once were, ... This is not a popularity contest and we have to do something.

Charles Gillespie

God's using the popularity of the band as a way of saying Casting Crowns is doing this for youth pastors.

Juan Devevo

The momentum of EVE Online is accelerating globally. The growth of the game's popularity within the MMOG genre has become especially evident in highly competitive markets such as the US and Western Europe, and we fully expect to carry that momentum into China's game market later this year.

Magnus Bergsson

The election has proved his popularity has gone down. His legitimacy was greatly affected.

Panitan Wattanayagorn

The response to this competition just shows the huge popularity this event enjoys among the people of the UAE.

Colm Mcloughlin

Really did a lot to boost the popularity of the game. Viewers immediately liked Moneymaker a down-home boy from Tennessee and average players everywhere could identify with him. He's not flashy or fancy. He's a good guy who's not full of himself.

Greg Raymer

This shows how the global popularity of rugby is expanding. Even countries that don't play the sport want to be involved.

Bernard Lapasset

To have six is a bit unreal. I hope that this boosts the popularity of rhythmic gymnastics in Canada and people take it more seriously. Not many people even know what it is.

Alexandra Orlando

It's a fun food, it's easy. The popularity has gone coast to coast, border to border, driven by restaurants and retail. The ingredients, the ease of procuring them, the number of restaurants and food-service operations -- it's easy all around.

Mark Rice

We are closely monitoring several trends in the market. The Mac is gaining popularity and as they gain a bigger share of the desktop market, they become a bigger target.

Rev. Roger Woodard

Sharon got his great new prestige from leaving Gaza and founding a center party; the party and the evacuation did not derive their popularity from him. Given Israel's globalizing economy, the logic of this party is much stronger than Sharon.

Bernard Avishai

It means their focus groups and polling are telling them that he is not a compelling source on these topics, and that is linked to his popularity ratings.

Barbara O'connor

We fully knew coming in that they were going to be a developmental program, but that's the kind of thing we like to see. I want to see wrestling gain popularity all over this area, not just at my school.

John Hollman

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

Max Beerbohm

With the growing popularity of Web-enabled mobile devices, we wanted to offer our customers the convenience of checking in for their flight wherever they may be.

Kevin Krone

It's just an indication of the popularity of NASCAR, ... That's what's driving everything.

Don Carter

We can be right and still be unpopular. Popularity doesn't necessarily mean a man is doing all the right things.

Dale Stump

For each new generation of teenagers, Dean offers sympathetic personas of youth struggling to carve out their identities. That's why his popularity goes on and on.

Dennis Stock

A weaker yen is definitely positive for Mazda and other automakers. Mazda's earnings are also helped by the rising popularity of its vehicles.

Koichi Ogawa

A lot of people ... don't realize the immense popularity of that program online. It's got a really intense Internet following.

Aaron Schatz

Ever since the design of snowshoes became updated, the sport has grown in popularity.

Heather Atwell

His decision is a most precarious one because he has a home base there. Every time you have a flop movie, you can always go back to the show. So he's taking a chance on eroding his popularity.

Matt Roush

The popularity of BET especially with the minority community probably had an effect on mainstream networks. Not only did you see them focus on sitcoms with black characters, but you would also see shows that had an all-black cast.

Mark Kelley

We started it in 2001, (held it again in) 2003 and 2005. Because the event gained so much popularity we had requests to start doing it every year.

Dan Chin

The workplace is not a popularity contest. It is about getting your job done effectively. But you can get it done more effectively if you are likable, if you have people skills.

Peter Handal

But that's not so with John. He was very much at the height of his popularity and his creativity. It's a tragedy.

Buddy Holly

I think the popularity of last year's throwers has brought more attention. It will bring more of a fan base to Aaron.

Jayson Duffy

Obviously, with the increase in technology, piracy has increased. It is so much easier to burn a DVD or a CD. Because of the growing popularity of our music on the world stage, it is important to protect our musical creativity.

Ronald Young

We decide on what items to replace based on the demand and popularity of the item and also if it is our only copy of it. We are not going to replace CDs, however, since they are a large ticket item. As you can see, this causes a problem because we cannot replace everything and that means that our community will have to do without.

Deb Beisell

It's like he gained a lot from his popularity, but he suffers a lot for it too.

Peter Guralnick

We're delighted at the success, but honestly not surprised at Jake's popularity. He makes you feel good.

John Jacobs

The popularity of these loans has exploded.

William Mccracken

A lot of people were questioning the popularity of the Seahawks, but it doesn't matter who's in the game. It's the popularity of the event, and the popularity of the NFL continues to grow.

Jay Kornegay

Auto racing is rapidly growing in popularity in urban communities, ... and FUBU wants to be at the forefront of this movement.

Carl Brown

Tables are hot, there's no doubt about it. A lot of that is fueled by poker's popularity and its popularity on TV, which is showing Americans that table games in general are fun.

Joe Weinert

Think back to the popularity of fitness offerings 20 years ago: That is the spa industry today.

Lynne Walker Mcnees

But this is not a job we do to win popularity points, ... I was elected to enforce the law. And anytime a grown man has sex with a child, it's not a close call for me.

Jon Bruning

His influence and popularity among the core constituency of the revolution and the government ... [has put him] in a situation where other figures cannot contradict him.

Mahmoud Alinejad

The way Apple is approaching it is very smart. They're able to leverage the popularity of their players… and experiment with non-music video content.

Susan Kevorkian

It's only going to help increase the popularity of indoor track in the area. It's going to bring in big teams to run here.

Gerald Mosley

We could have a governor who is empowered and chastened at the same time. He'll be empowered if some of his measures pass, but chastened because he had to work hard for it and his popularity was cut in half.

Bill Whalen

I think Elvis was dismissed because of his popularity.

Peter Guralnick

We looked at the popularity of Roots in the last Olympics and thought this was something to get into.

Carolyn Brookter

There's been a lot of interest in it. I think that with the popularity of NASCAR, the type of racing that we do is similar. I think that appeals to a lot of families.

Ralph Hernandez

I want to help the communities spread the popularity of soccer. We have talented athletes around. These players will be our future leaders.

John Matin

We are proud to see Bangkok Airways joining the growing list of launch customers for the A350. This really demonstrates the popularity of our new wide-body in the market place.

Gustav Humbert

The demand for digital textbooks has increased since its introduction to the marketplace. As students become more familiar with them and computers get faster, larger and more portable, this product will gain in popularity.

Jeff Cohen

The popularity of gift cards is soaring among consumers of all ages.

Phil Rist

Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

Wilson Mizner

It's normal for a new prime minister to enjoy rising popularity in the first months. The difficulties run very deep. The context is profoundly depressed.

Emmanuel Ferry

The popularity of the game will increase once the publicity of it goes into affect, Parents beware!

Ed Schultz

As more and more people like college basketball and filling out their brackets, the popularity of the show increases.

Eric Mann

This is not only an unadulterated lie, but a cheap attempt at scoring popularity points.

Zizi Kodwa

We try to bring something new [to the festival] every year. We've seen the popularity of chef competitions at other festivals and on television and we said this was something we had to do here.

Erin Molloy

The popularity of poker is absolutely phenomenal. It is head and shoulders over other types of college gambling.

Elizabeth George