#popularity

I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#popularity #spirit

Its like a sort of internet Ren Fair. Its like Dungeons & Dragons but for cool people who have got friends. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#popularity #twitter #twitter

it's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent. ↗

— Andrew James Pritchard

#fame-and-fortune #life-skills #popularity #talent #art

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around. ↗

— Terri Windling

#around #been #form #label #latin

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. ↗

— William Penn

#benefit #many #popularity #real #snares

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

There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#cases #considered #few #i #i think

In a way, the popularity of Corona came too fast for its own good, initially. We took a few steps back. ↗

— Carlos Alvarez

#came #corona #fast #few #good

For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity. ↗

— Gavin Rossdale

#critics #might #our #popularity #some