Truth is not always popular, but it is always
right.
- Unknown
To preserve an unclouded capacity for the
enjoyment of life is an unusual moral and
psychological achievement. Contrary to popular
belief, it is not the prerogative of mindlessness,
but the exact opposite: it is the reward of
self-esteem.
- Nathaniel Branden
US psychologist
Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, money
takes wings, those who cheer you today may curse
you tomorrow. The only thing that endures is
character.
- Horace Greeley
I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side --
I've noticed those with most opinions often have
the fewest facts.
- Bethania McKenstry
A good listener is not only popular everywhere,
but after a while he gets to know something
- Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)
I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my
third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two!
Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no
less
- Marion Barry
Mayor of Washington, DC
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the
constant popularity of dogs.
- Aldous Leonard Huxley
British writer
My basic principle is that you don't make
decisions because they are easy; you don't make
them because they are cheap; you don't make them
because they are popular; you make them because
they're RIGHT.
- Theodore Hesburgh
former president, Univ. of Notre Dame
Isn't it strange that I who have written only
unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
- Albert Einstein
I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing
cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of
questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon me,
a scientist, dealing in abstract things and happy
if left alone, is a manifestation of mass
psychology that is beyond me.
- Albert Einstein
A free society is a place where it's safe to be
unpopular.
- Adlai Stevenson