Popular Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don’t know what’s going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that’s not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA.”
– Stanley Crouch

“A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.”
– Christopher Lasch

“I could never have imagined that firing 67 people on national television would actually make me more popular, especially with the younger generation.”
– Donald Trump

“People don’t like to vote against something that’s so incredibly popular.”
– Rand Paul

“I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to ‘do well in school, ’cause no one’s going to marry you!’”
– Gabrielle Union

“Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn’t be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.”
– Scott Weiland

“Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.”
– Thomas E. Mann

“It’s easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for ‘A Life Less Ordinary’.”
– Danny Boyle

“I always say to anybody who’s going over to America for the first time, ‘Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.’ Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody’s so quiet, scared to laugh. It’s like being in church.”
– Danny Boyle

“I am an unconventional beauty. I grew up in a high school where if you didn’t have a nose job and money and if you weren’t thin, you weren’t cool, popular, beautiful. I was always told that I wasn’t pretty enough to be on television.”
– Lea Michele

“Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.”
– Woodrow Wilson

“Popular culture no longer craves archangels and new dawns. Pop culture traffics in vampires and deads of night.”
– James Wolcott

“My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs.”
– Cleveland Abbe

“Nothing I do is done by popular demand.”
– Steve Martin

“No matter how popular you are as a stand-up – you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny – it’s delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it’s not about you, that it’s about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are.”
– Ellen DeGeneres

“‘Dilbert’ became popular during the downsizing of the ’90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.”
– Scott Adams

“I think ‘Dilbert’ will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too loudly. ‘Dilbert’ is the designated voice of discontent for the workplace. I never planned it that way. It just happened.”
– Scott Adams

“My men’s-underwear print ads are very popular!”
– Calvin Klein

“Music is for people. The word ‘pop’ is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I’m just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I’m cool.”
– Eddie Van Halen

“When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors – old friends, family.”
– Dave Grohl

“Even though now I’m pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I’m very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments, I’m more a person who likes to have privacy and peace.”
– Novak Djokovic

“I feel lucky, though, because even when ‘Alias’ was popular, I was still sent scripts against type. I’ve never felt like the world only sees me one way. But yes, it’s been really fun to be bad.”
– Jennifer Garner

“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.”
– Patti Stanger

“I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.”
– Hedy Lamarr

“My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism.”
– Tony Blair

“Some people work hard in this business and become really popular, really big stars but they never receive an award from within the business. Somehow, when your colleagues and friends believe in you to the point of handing you an award it means so much more.”
– Sharon Stone

“Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler of my own kingdom. Then Pulp became hugely popular and I lost control of it, which is when it all went wrong.”
– Jarvis Cocker

“But our leaders of today have decided it’s more important to be popular, to say and do what’s easy, and say yes rather than to say no, when no is what is required.”
– Chris Christie

“To me, being popular means I’ve got more friends. You’ve got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I’ve got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you’ve got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they’re your friend.”
– Reba McEntire

“I think if you’re at the point where you’re popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don’t need the money.”
– Johnny Vegas

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