Quotes of: Popularity-contest Keyword

The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain.

Bill Alexander

Contrary to popular belief, there are actually quite a few guys in the action sports community that have faith and are Christians.

Nick Goepper

I thought that being popular in school was just so pathetic. I knew I had a future over and beyond the horizon of that school.

Milla Jovovich

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.

Marco Rubio

What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.

Majora Carter

Judging from what looks like the popularity of this classic wrestling show is that the people like what they have grown to know and love here in Memphis.

Jerry Lawler

I was a kid who got picked on in school and got beat up by popular, athletic soccer-type people.

Fred Durst

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

George W. Bush

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

Charles James Fox

I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird.

Colin Firth

When I stood up to oppose an invasion of Iraq in 2002, it wasn't a popular thing to do.

Chellie Pingree

Pope Francis might turn out to be one of the most popular figures in the world today.

Brian Kilmeade

I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.

Chick Corea

Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.

Gerald W. Johnson

Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.

John Ortberg

There is a long and successful tradition of popular movements in the U.S. and elsewhere having an impact on crises in forgotten places.

John Prendergast

Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism.

Jack Vance

The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.

Danny Brown

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

David Crystal

We must be courageous yet humble and do what is right not what will make you popular,

Debasish Mridha

Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.

Judith Ellen Foster