source: Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1869). “Woman in the Nineteenth Century, and Kindred Papers relating to the Sphere, Condition, and Duties of Woman”, p.349

topic: Vanity, Beloved, Recognition, Being Popular

What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.

- Erich Fromm

source: Erich Fromm (2000). “The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition”, p.2, A&C Black

topic: Sex, Mean, People, Art Of Loving, Being Popular

If you have any power at all from being popular, then you have a duty to help people out.

- Arabella Weir

topic: People, Helping, Duty, Being Popular

- Queen Rania of Jordan

source: "Queen Rania discusses her new book "The Sandwich Swap" with Oprah". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.queenrania.jo. April 23, 2010.

topic: Kindness, Mean, People, Treating People With Respect, Being Popular

Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adult… Many people are often wrong… Don’t bother being nice. Being popular and well liked is not in your best interest. Let me be more clear; if you behave in a manner pleasing to most, then you are probably doing something wrong. The masses have never been arbiters of the sublime, and they often fail to recognize the truly great individual. Taking into account the public’s regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent upon you not to fit in.

- Janeane Garofalo

source: "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Nice, Acceptance, People, Socialization, Life Path

There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist.

- Shirley Knight

topic: Song, Artist, Differences, Being Popular

- Mimi Pond

topic: People, Important, Might, Being Popular

When I was growing up, I didn't really know much about being popular or cliques or anything like that. In elementary school and middle school, you start to kind of realize what it's all about. There are cool kids, and then there's you, and you're just trying to figure out where you fit in.I learned a lot about acceptance and rejection,Those are the themes that you'll find spread throughout my music and weaved in throughout all of the lyrics. I really know what it's like to be accepted, and I also know what it's like to be rejected. And those are lessons I learned in Wyomissing.

- Taylor Swift

topic: Growing Up, Kids, School, Clique, Cool Kid

Vampires were always either trying to kill me, or own me. God I hated being popular.

- Laurell K. Hamilton

source: Laurell K. Hamilton (2011). “Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 11-15”, p.207, Penguin

topic: Vampire, Trying, Kill Me, Being Popular

At the end of the day, every media entity is in the business of selling soap. They're not afraid of being popular.

- Lino Rulli

topic: Media, The End Of The Day, Soap, Being Popular

It's not good for comedy to be like, 'Thanks for liking me.' Being popular is poison.

- Zach Galifianakis

topic: Poison, Thanks, Comedy, Being Popular

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.

- Jonathan Franzen

source: "The Passion of the Oprah" by Macy Halford, www.newyorker.com. September 17, 2010.

topic: Thinking, Dave, Yeah, Being Popular

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

- Mickey Gilley

topic: Names, People, Use, Being Popular

It didn't help matters that I was shy and wore glasses. I was never one to stand out in the crowd. I liked to stay in corners. And I was happiest when I was alone reading. That and the good grades I got in school had doomed any chance of being popular with my peers. So it was a foregone conclusion that boys like Hardy were never going to take notice of me.

- Lisa Kleypas

source: Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.367, St. Martin's Press

topic: Reading, School, Boys, Hardy, Good Grades

Writing is not work. In fact, theres nothing better. Writing is something that if the music business went completely away tomorrow - radio stations quit existing and music quit being popular and it was old hat - I would still write songs.

- Toby Keith

topic: Song, Writing, Radio, Radio Stations, Being Popular

I met some people who showed me a path in music where they were like hey, look, while yes, it can have to do with being popular and making money, it DOESN'T have to be.

- Chuck Ragan

source: Source: theindiespiritualist.com

topic: People, Looks, Hey, Being Popular

People showed me this way of dealing with music, writing songs, thinking about music and shows and our community and the fact that it doesn't have to be about being popular or fashion or making money.

- Chuck Ragan

source: Source: theindiespiritualist.com

topic: Fashion, Song, Writing, Our Community, Music Writing