#popularity

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson II

#popularity #freedom

But I don't care what Megan Fox or Jessica Biel say: There are definite advantages to being the hottest girl on the planet. Number one was that I got paid for it. A lot. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#popularity #sex-appeal #humor

I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be. ↗

— Tab Hunter

#best #care #contest #dislike #earth

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest. ↗

— William Devane

#emmys #popularity #popularity contest #ultimately

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think? ↗

— Philip Larkin

#i #i think #most #people #popularity

There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

#disguise #others #patriotism #popularity #under

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

— Wilson Mizner

#always #corner #exhausting #him #life

I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#back #cause #conservative #considered #contests

Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#become #companies #definitely #going #gone

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#biggest thing #ego #explain #family #guess