When a popular phenomenon reaches the cover of 'Time', it is already out of fashion.
Popular in our time, unpopular in his. So runs the stereotype of rejected genius.
Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich.
We have all loved a guy we know has issues. Despite popular opinions, until we give it a final try, the relationship will always be in the 'what if' stage.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
I think popular music in this country is one of the few things in the twentieth century that have made giant strides in reverse.
Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.
There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
I've always tried to be nice to people, so that sort of translates into popularity, I guess.
I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny.
All literature and popular art contain themes that resonate with the audience.
As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.
The Pentagon still has not given a name to the Iraqi war. Somehow 'Operation Re-elect Bush' doesn't seem to be popular.
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.
Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing ...
Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that just as oil is part of the oil business, stupidity is part of the football business.
It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about the same event. A World Cup is the sort of common project that otherwise barely exists in modern soc...
Our faith is faith in some one else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. Our belief in truth itself, for instance, that there is a truth, and that our minds and it are made for each other,--what is it but a passionate affirmati...
In America, the only truly popular art form is the movies. Most people consider painting a hobby and literature, schoolwork.
