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In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

George Bernard Shaw

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

George Bernard Shaw

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

Aristotle

A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions!

Friedrich Nietzsche

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Oscar Wilde

As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascinations. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

Oscar Wilde

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first; rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

John Lennon

I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.

Alexander Hamilton

Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well.

Warren Buffett

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

James A. Garfield

It is long since I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.

Alexander Hamilton

Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's totally in the hands of the artists. These are all very popular shows, so no matter what, the good tickets are hard to come by.

Jack Larson

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

Albert Einstein

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

Adolf Hitler

I also work in the clinic where we do acupuncture. It's starting to be popular with older dogs, and you see a lot in improvement.

Lynhaar Rodriguez

My view is that popular fiction as it existed was just plain dumb, and literary fiction was either abstruse, or unbelievably boring.

Scott Turow

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

William Lloyd Garrison

We're a very popular company locally. We have our critics, but everyone in the community has benefited from how well we run these ski resorts.

Adam Aron

Fact: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is, no question, the most popular thing I've ever been connected with. When I die, if the Times gives me an obit, it's going to be because of Butch.

William Goldman

Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani -- even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world.

Giorgio Armani

Chicago to Milwaukee, Detroit and Cincinnati are the most popular runs.

Dale Moser

Increasingly, niche cruises are becoming more popular. Ships are evolving. They used to be a way for people to get from A to Z. Now they're becoming destinations themselves.

Ralph Cooper

It was a real good event last year, everybody had lots of fun. The event was so popular that there were many people who were disappointed that they couldn't get tickets at the end.

Irene Towell

The last popular song that I loved was 'Living La Vida Loca' by Ricky Martin.

Artie Shaw

The idea of Iran getting a bomb is very popular with the Iranian people, even those who don't like the regime.

Thomas Friedman

A bare neck, big earring effect is popular.

Carly Rager

A highly popular or desirable car with limited availability will depreciate more slowly than a car that is in sufficient supply or less desirable.

Charlie Vogelheim

We keep thinking these designer dogs are just a fad, but year after year goes by, and they're still popular.

Garry Garner

Surfing, like snowboarding is becoming more mainstream. It's really getting much more popular as people realize it's not that hard.

Bruce Condon

Was an amazingly effective, highly popular labor leader. But as a citizen, he was not good, a criminal. His closest friends were genuinely big league mobsters. But he was enormously charismatic, hard-driving, very bright.

Arthur Sloane

Students enjoy this class so much. It became very popular [and] it fills up quickly.

Hong Zhang

They turn people away at Geyser Falls because it's so popular.

Billy Pickering

Animal prints continue to sell and be popular.

Barbara Dye

The fondue is really popular.

Matt Kohan

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Aristophanes

We're getting in their face. And I'm sure it's not very popular with management.

Todd Young

In L.A., I'm a normal popular guy - that's what I always liked about being famous. I can still go to the grocery store without being accosted. Back then, the world speeded up to me.

Adam Duritz

We already know Honolulu and Maui are popular destinations with our customers. We're pleased to offer our friends in Alberta the convenience of being able to depart from Calgary and eliminate the need to connect through Vancouver.

Gary Collins

That's why he's so stubborn - he is an ideologue, and he's not trying to cut deals or do things that are popular with other Republicans.

Athan Manuel

It's becoming really popular. It's helping us expand our audience to younger people, who tend to be the ones most interested in the accessories and come to the show to check out what's new.

Bill Barrow

The general consensus is, when people go to college, the most popular place is the gym. They meet people and get in shape.

Laurel Vicidomino

I would like the new captain to be Emilio Sanchez Vicario. He would be the popular choice to do the job.

Pedro Munoz

They created, in essence, an Eden. It's a popular destination for young families, for anyone actually.

David Greenwood

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

Sir James MacKintosh

They say you're leaving out all the tough bits and offering a reduced Christianity that will be very popular but will be selling out.

John Stackhouse

This neighborhood center concept is very popular with retailers and customers, so I'm sure we'll get someone else in there pretty quick.

Franz Geiger

But, it was a popular show, and I knew everyone on it, so it was always fun to do.

Wanda Jackson

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

Laurence J. Peter

My soul is pained that the people of Israel are led by people who think that it is popular before the election to beat Jews, even as they appear weak in the face of the Islamic enemy.

Benny Elon

We have over 300 guys playing, it's becoming very popular. I think we'll eventually start a women's league for the senior players.

Kelly Macdonald

These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've been collecting computer ads and ads dealing with Internet industries.

Thomas Frank

The thing that I like that is very popular is a sparkling wine called Jay, by Jordan Vintners out of California.

Jim Laughlin

High dividend stocks are quite popular among individual investors as seen in increasing sales of dividend-focus mutual funds.

Takeshi Yamaguchi

What President Bush encountered was the rising tide of resentment, both popular and among leaders ... that the Bush agenda just does not jibe with Latin America.

Bruce Bagley

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Wilson Mizner

I expect it will continue to be an issue because this is a very popular device and it's designed to play games you own.

Thomas Loeser

Virus peddlers target the most popular system.

Dean Stockwell

It was a wonderful movie. Very popular. Many people saw it. Oscar.

Christopher Walken

And our assembler 'boot camp' is very popular. You can't get in the door.

Robert Rosen

Adult entertainment is a very popular commodity. And it's just a gigantic market.

William Block

It is ironic that we focus on weight loss, when the real challenge is keeping weight off. Most popular diets work when it comes to losing weight, but few if any succeed when it comes to weight maintenance.

James Hill

It's very popular. Katie loved it.

Samantha Winch

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.

Howard Cosell

The L.A. Zoo's got a very popular attraction coming its way.

Jay Young

What's the most popular pastime in America? Autoeroticism, hands down.

Scott Roeben

The concept of a full-service financial institution was first introduced at the Kennebunk location and has proved to be extremely popular with consumers and business people.

Heather Harris

I think it's a great idea. It's been very popular, and everybody that has taken it has had fun. It's an opportunity for both (child and adult) to participate together.

Rachel Bicego

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosohpy.

William Ralph Inge

It's not always easy to predict what the popular films are. For me, every movie is a big event. It's like they're all my children.

Meg Hamel

The dummy races are always popular. People get graded for how clever and original the dummy is, how well it goes down the hill and how spectacular the crash is -- it goes over a ski jump. Rumor has it that one of the dummies will look like me this year.

Chuck Shepard

This program is growing. Although it is relatively new in Queen Creek, it has become popular very quickly.

Miguel Garcia

I would love for it to get really popular … and for people to really embrace it.

Seth Landau

The most popular governor in the country.

Michael Sohn

He was absolutely huge. He was one of the figureheads of the glam rock movement in Britain in the 70s. He was incredibly popular with young audiences.

Andrew Male

When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time,' it is already out of fashion.

Richard Holloway

It's crazy how popular this thing is.

Karen Wilson

They became too popular, too fast.

David Frei

I will regain the presidency by way of the constitution, the truth and popular support.

Lucio Gutierrez

It is a very popular occupation in Britain among people interested in aviation. I just cannot believe that the Greeks have taken this attitude towards them.

Gerald Howarth

We know it may not be the single most popular thing, but it's the right thing to do.

David Dreier

I was pretty sure when we made the first 'Carl' book that we had a good idea, but I couldn't have imagined how popular Carl would become. I continue to be grateful for and touched by the extent to which he is known and loved.

Alexandra Day

It's been very, very popular.

Bill Ihle

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our advocacy. The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most intelligent animal.

Ambrose Bierce

You are not in business to be popular.

Kirstie Alley

She's kind of popular now.

Ben Moody

Jonathan has cut and blow-dried his way into popular culture and our viewers have embraced his journey over the past two hit seasons. It's real life drama at its best and we're excited to see what Jonathan will do next in this documentary peek at his personal and professional life.

Lauren Zalaznick

It is not a typical Republican cause, but it could be very popular with seniors and independents.

Tom Edmonds

The reason it is so popular is that it's very fast. It's easy.

Bert Dumars

We have a lot of different schools coming from all over New England. Sport karate is becoming more and more popular.

Mark Huard

It's really popular because it's such a great deal. People see really easily how they can use the membership over the course of the year. It really pays for itself.

Jane Dowrick

It just dilutes the votes of minority voters because they don't have as much access to the Internet. The more popular this is, the worse it is from our perspective.

Deborah Phillips

LODGER, n. A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.

Ambrose Bierce

Just because we don't know something or can't, doesn't mean it's not naturally there. The world does not exist only in terms of things we know. There is a desire in popular Christianity for wanting to have faith grounded in some kind of certainty. That's an oxymoron because than it's not faith anymore.

Jim Miller

We know how popular it is in the States, and I think the bill looks very interesting. California is probably our biggest market in the States, so we're looking forward to that.

Andrew Fletcher

I think probably the most popular is the King James.

Jerri Tuck

It's popular with young mothers because they do all that carting and carpooling of kids.

Karen Weiberg

Moss is popular for her unusual beauty, but what distinguishes her is that she is accessible and down to earth. The other thing that has made her valuable is this `edge of darkness' feeling about her. The problem is that her image is sliding too much to the latter.

Rita Clifton

Danny has got so much NRL experience and he is a popular member of the team. He leads from the front and he's going to be there for the majority of the game as well. He doesn't speak much - but his actions will do the talking for him. He's an inspiration with the way he carries the ball.

Terry Matterson

I know some songs popular on the campus are not good, and I really want to learn vivid, good ones, but so far I fail to find only a few.

Li Ruoyu

Sheldon Park is a little too popular with the geese. KES isn't near water so we don't have the same problem and it seems to work out better for everyone.

Mike Irwin

He's a guy all the girls like and all the guys like. That normally doesn't happen. If the girls like a guy, then the guys think he's a sissy. And guys usually like someone all the girls can't stand. He's a popular guy who has won here, so I think that endears him to everyone.

Jim Furyk

The democratic decision on electing a president lies with our membership, but I have no doubt there will be popular support within the club for Damon.

Stuart Rolt

'The Scarlet Pimpernel' became a kind of archetype for many comic book heroes that are popular today.

Gary Hoppenstand

This is the first time since I started monitoring sales by model in 1978 that a passenger car has come even close to being the most popular vehicle in Canada.

Dennis Desrosiers

Despite (the Micro's) functions being the same as the existing models, it is popular.

Hirokazu Hamamura

More bold colors are being used. And faux finishing is very popular.

Jason Collum

The new version is slimmer, sleeker and definitely very popular for Dad.

Brian Lucas

A lot of pro teams like to play their exhibitions in various places. The NBA likes to go to different places, sometimes college campuses (where their players were popular).

Larry Keating

If a straight-to-DVD movie becomes popular, it can become a cult hit, which can catapult a director's career. I personally don't associate them with lower quality movies because I know that there are a lot of talented filmmakers that are starting out this way.

Larry Bryant

This area's been a popular area with the youth for a long time, but only in the last few years has what we would call excessive consumption of alcohol become a real issue.

Steve Lekwa

Our pizzas are really popular now.

Jason Mink

President Clinton is enormously popular and obviously we are gratified to have the support of people who were and are close to him. Bill Clinton found a path to the White House and did it starting in New Hampshire, and we'd like to emulate that.

Matt Bennett

Tax increases are rarely popular, so the governor has a difficult job ahead.

Murray Edelman

The organization is shocked and saddened. Cindy is a very popular county manager with the employees.

Dave Byron

I think I have a lot more experience than he does with municipal matters, having four years in government already. However, he's an extremely popular and a wise man, and he'll be a formidable opponent.

Billy Job

They have these all over the country. They're really popular.

Toledo Blade

There's a real connection between the misrepresentation of African Americans in popular culture and the violence that has been lodged against them, both physical and economic.

Susan Morris

The biggest thing is it's broadcast in Europe. All the main competitions are broadcast live, and they have Super Bowl-like ratings every day. In Europe, it's far and away the most popular winter sport.

Max Cobb

Bill was well known and respected by the (Shamokin) community. We expect Bill's show to be a very popular and well-attended exhibit.

Sandra Davis

He's more popular than ever.

Skip Miller

Ultimately, video-on-demand will come and it will be popular with consumers. But we believe it's many years away.

Steve Swasey

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.

Carrie Chapman Catt

For the parents, it's a little window into what's popular and a way for them to relate to their kids more.

Craig Balsam

The pirate theme is very popular and appeals to families. Focusing on our theme has brought in a 35 to 40 percent increase in profit.

Andres Cibotti

The fact is popular art dates. It grows quaint. How many people feel strongly about Gilbert and Sullivan today compared to those who felt strongly in 1890?

Stephen Sondheim

While it would not be popular, we could give them a year to pull out some of those decks.

Bill Harden

Back in the 1910s, ostrich plumes were really popular in ladies hats and things like that.

Katie Stringham

The idea of 'hall opera'--to use a concert hall as an opera stage--was quite new to Japanese audiences when it started, but now it's one of our most popular programs.

Takeshi Hara

Kings govern by means of popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.

Charles James Fox

It was so popular that I think they are going to make this a regular event.

Louie Dobovsky

Irish Fest is known at home in Ireland as one of the biggest and most popular celebrations of Irish culture anywhere in the world.

Mary Mcaleese

A playground/water park are becoming a popular item.

Gary Warr

I think it's the musicianship, the energy of what we do that makes people get into us. We'll do a Harry Chapin song, then Tom Petty, then Bob Marley. If we like it, we learn it. We don't learn a song because it's popular; we learn it because we like it.

Mark Waelti

Dinosaurs have been incredibly popular for decades. So many kids and adults -- who sometimes don't admit they love them -- love dinosaurs, there's no question about it. There's also no question that really dazzling movies like 'Jurassic Park' and 'Lost World' raise a lot of interest.

Michael Novacek

My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.

Gene Simmons

They're actually quite popular, especially with the men. They like their fries. Don't they know it's not healthy? But they work hard, so I wouldn't deprive them.

Carol Hamilton

It only takes one guy to make something popular in this country. Look at what [Lance Armstrong] has done for road bicycling in the country, and he did it by winning.

Kris Freeman

The opposition knows that if there is any popular revolt it will sweep them all away -- both the authorities and the opposition.

Boris Berezovsky

I have seen consumer focus groups where people are quite confused when shown a very popular drink, and they think it's 100 percent juice.

Carla Mcgill

This is one of the most popular stops. Everyone that has performed here signs the walls.

Lorraine Berg

We're trying to find somebody who is really popular. We're trying to get maybe the mayor or even the governor or (U.S. Sen.) John McCain or somebody like that.

Jenny Wilkins

The whole quilted look is very popular but in bright, vibrant jewel tones.

Laura Mcdowell

It's getting more popular, ... Hopefully this helps even more, when I play well here.

Jarkko Nieminen

Not only was Laffit one of the greatest jockeys of all time, he was and is immensely popular with our fans. This is a day he and his fans richly deserve, and we're thrilled to be a part of it.

Sherwood Chillingworth

We've had students that have interned at the Field Museum and the Chicago Historical Society. They both tend to be very popular among our students.

Taylor Atkins

ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.

Ambrose Bierce

They tend to make a dramatic backdrop in a dining room or wall. It's one of the most popular locations.

Jeffrey Smith

Red is always popular in Nebraska.

Sherie Sinon

It's a phenomenon that's tied to growth . . . Palm Bay, with 97,000 people, is the most populated city in Brevard, so we're a popular area for these facilities.

Chris Norton

If there has been anything in the history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout Mask Replica is probably that work.

John Peel

I expect that among the Mac customer base (the iMac) will be extremely popular.

James Staten

It was a very popular place for the black folks to play ball. The ones that played there would have been from different communities. Franklin had a black team. College Grove had a black team. They would have come out and played in that park.

Rick Warwick

I can smoke hookah at home, but coming here is like a treat. I've noticed it's gotten a lot more popular just in the past two months.

Brenda Wright

It's unbelievable . . . As I told Martha's people, the marathon event is as hot as it's ever been, and very popular among people of all abilities. Having someone like Martha involved is great for the sport and great for her company.

Gary Allen

It's not enough. He knows it's very popular among voters, and he's trying to improve his record for reelection.

Art Pulaski

Maybe 10 or 12 popular artists have been introduced into popular music since the show's debut, and it's only four seasons in.

Barry Jeckell

The posters are nothing more than advertising, and advertising relies on the popular culture. In this case, it was guns, women, wild clothing, crazy fashion, crazy hair.

John Kisch

She just loved to dress up in jewelry. And (she loved) Dora (the Explorer, a popular children's cartoon). We just had the whole family together. We didn't realize it would be the last time.

Linda Hale

PLEBISCITE, n. A popular vote to ascertain the will of the sovereign.

Ambrose Bierce

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different.

Tony Bennett

It's very popular with the people who use it.

Jim Donahue

Recreational drugs are getting more popular also in sports.

Roland Augustin

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.

Franklin Pierce

The Conservative Party needs a popular leader who can broaden the appeal of the party and earn the respect of all sections of British society.

Ken Clarke

The new DirecTV Total Choice Family programming package is appropriate for viewing by family members of all ages and includes popular children's, religious and general family entertainment programming. We have answered the call from concerned parents and policymakers and have designed a programming package to meet the needs of DirecTV families.

Dan Fawcett

Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn't believing. It's where belief stops, because it isn't needed any more.

Terry Pratchett

And other books on black popular culture. ''The working-class black guy listens to hip-hop. Women, it's the same thing. Despite all the things that are said, working-class girls don't seem to be as put off by those aspects of hip-hop as people say they should be.

Nelson George

Benjamin is Germany's most popular animated toon character. It has proven child appeal as a positive educator and entertainer, a friend and a mentor who blends fantasy and reality.

Sushil Kumar

It's a scent that has become very popular with the public.

Jennifer Badner

Platinum is so popular because women always want what their mothers didn't have. They grew up seeing their moms with gold bands so the white metals became very popular.

Darrin Cody

It's what they do. If you're a welder and all of the sudden you're not the most popular welder on the block, are you going to quit welding? It's the same with any other occupation. Nobody should expect them to quit doing what they do.

Ray Waddell

Compassion is not a popular virtue.

Karen Armstrong

Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments.

Channing Pollock

We've been getting ready for this week for some time. This is an extremely popular program.

Tim Farmer

We do gasoline promotions and heating oil promotions regularly ... there is a recognition that these are popular items due to the high cost of gasoline and home heating oil prices.

Bruce Macdonald

TV is the big shotgun. Everybody pays attention to TV. You can sell almost anything on TV. It's expensive, but it's becoming increasingly popular. And it works.

Lester Duhe

Contrary to popular belief, our research suggests that men are just as likely to stop to ask for directions as women are.

Catherine L. Rossi

That's really popular these days with the kids. Casino stuff.

Pat James

These types of things are especially popular with children, because they get to see things in a different way... perhaps then more adults should allow themselves the same experience.

Wayne Modest

Had Calhoun been advised by me, he would have been the most popular man in the United States.

Duff Green

This class started at a small track back east and it became very popular. It should be a fun class of cars.

Harold Phillips

The program has been extremely popular and has grown every year since then.

Peter Bowen

The Philippine government is deeply satisfied with the talks. We see on the horizon growing popular support in Mindanao and in the entire country for this peace process.

Silvestre Afable

Poker has exploded over the last few years. Once they figure out the best way to televise blackjack, I think it will become as popular as poker.

Ben Mezrich

It could be a lot of money depending on how popular they become.

Phil Olson

We'll have several vegetarian dishes, too. In fact, our veggie burger is already very popular. Our wraps are also popular.

Dave Grant

No-cost loans are pretty popular right now, especially for people with larger loans. The larger your loan, the smaller the penalty for no-cost loans.

Chris Larsen

Lex is one of the most important calling cards. It's very popular in the States and has an increasing name in Asia and Europe. We now produce more Lex online because the world is going online.

Andrew Gowers

Parasites are absolutely a bad thing if you're the individual infected by them. But they are a very natural component of ecosystems. Parasitism is the most popular animal lifestyle on the planet.

Kevin Lafferty

Using native plants are becoming more popular nowadays because of the growing awareness of the many qualities they bring to a garden. Native plants are more adapted to our climate, and have fewer problems with disease and insects.

Lorenz Inos

They did not get a lot of energy behind their open-source initiative, ... Just declaring that something is open source does not mean it is going to be popular.

Peter O'kelly

Domestic vehicles are still real popular, ... The import market is the big, growing thing. Forty percent of what we do in our machine shop is imports, and it's growing.

Bill Fleming

Mall of America gets more visitors than Disney World, Grand Canyon and Graceland combined. People go to Bloomington just to see the mall, ... It's a sad commentary that commercial outlets like malls are more popular than historic and cultural sites or places of natural beauty. But it's one thing Americans do very well: consume.

James T. Farrell

They who have reasoned ignorantly, or who have aimed at effecting their personal ends by flattering the popular feeling, have boldly affirmed that 'one man is as good as another;' a maxim that is true in neither nature, revealed morals, nor political theory.

James F. Cooper

The Busy Bee Cafe was a popular hangout, especially after the young people attended the Princess Theater movies, ... They would eat the delicious chili, Italian food and pies my mother made.

Ann Smith

It was very important for my country, ... Today, you get golf more popular.

Nicole Perrot

Confections in Bloom is a horticultural experience through the use of sugar and icing. The cakes will return by popular demand. These works of art are nothing short of amazing.

Marie Huenefeld

'Popular' is supposed to mean you have a lot of friends. But now it's come to the point that the popular girls are the cliquey girls, and they are exclusive. They won't be friends with anyone who is a little different from them, and they won't interact with anyone who is not in their group.

Dana Convissar

Intergenerational travel is very popular. Many families are using a 70th birthday or a 75th or a 40th wedding anniversary to create memories that are passed down and include three generations.

Kathy Sudeikis