An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.
Walter Bagehot

I wasn't the most popular girl in school by any means.
Cindy Crawford

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
Margaret Fuller

Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.
Margaret Atwood

We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.
Neil Patrick Harris

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?
William Lloyd Garrison

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
Rudy Giuliani

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
Billy Joel

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?
Billy Joel

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
Billy Joel

I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
Fran Drescher

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

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.
Justin Timberlake

Video games are so popular these days, getting the opportunity to star in one is something special. More people should do it.
Carrot Top

We had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines.
James Van Allen

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
James A. Garfield

My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England.
Roger Bannister

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.
Steve Nash

I don't see that there are any particular changes in popular music.
Lester Bangs

We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base.
Keenen Ivory Wayans