Popularity Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old popularity quotes, popularity sayings, and popularity proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

I cannot see why people are ashamed to acknowledge their passion for popularity. The love of popularity is the love of being beloved. William Shenstone
Everyone's private motto: It's better to be popular than right. Mark Twain
Being popular is important. Otherwise, people might not like you. Mimi Pond
The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. Max Beerbohm
What is popular in our generation often becomes ridiculous in the next one, quaint in the third, and is finally regarded as primitive in the fourth. Northrop Frye
Popularity, too, demands payment from those it favors, or popularity will soon be lost Alfred Henry
Popularity is running this world / Up and down the stairs, I believe / Popularity is committing a crime / For ignoring the people who really try. Julia Stephenson
Popularity is one insult I have never suffered. Oscar Wilde
Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold. Will Rogers
Popularity comes from allowing yourself to be bored by people while pretending to enjoy it. Karol Newlin
Stars don't beg the world for attention; their beauty forces us to look up. Matshona Dhliwayo
You don't become a star the moment you become famous, you become a star the moment love illuminates your soul. Matshona Dhliwayo
Are you commenting for popularity and to be seen? Or are you commenting for authenticity and adding to the conversation? People are starting to notice the difference. Loren Weisman
If you base your identity on having friends, being accepted, and being popular, you may find yourself compromising your standards or changing them every weekend to accommodate your friends. Sean Covey
I don't want to be ugly all my life. I want those perfect eyes and lips, and for everyone to look at me and gasp. And for everyone who sees me think, ‘Who’s that?’ and want to get to know me, and listen to what I say. Scott Westerfield
They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you. Suzanne Collins
The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. Edwin Forrest
Popularity is a bubble. It's a mountain: you can go up really hard but walk down really fast. RM
The more I grow in popularity, the lonelier it gets. Because you don't really know me. You just know this part of me. You fell in love with that. But it's way more intricate than what meets the surface. Kevin Gates
Popularity was fickle and elusive, like trying to catch fireflies in a jar. You were either born with it or relegated to wallflower status according to your mysterious and unknowable workings of the universe. Melissa de la Cruz