The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not in the sweet breath of Apollo, but in the smell of the crowd. And not in mind: Do not be taken in by what are miracles to the populace, for the ignorant do not rise above marveling. Thus the stupidity of a crowd is lost in admiration, even as the brain of an individual uncovers the trick.
Baltasar GraciánTags: popularity
One of the eternal verities of human life is that if you make the same choices as other people, they will think you are intelligent.
George HammondTags: intelligence popularity
It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.
Criss JamiTags: science life learning peace humility emotions fame arrogance growth pride popularity development training improvement experiment
Stop looking for the biggest crowd, and start looking for the right crowd.
Phil CookeTags: influence popularity
She had in truth no abstract propensity to malice: she did not dislike Lily because the latter was brilliant and predominant, but because she thought that Lily disliked her. It is less mortifying to believe one's self unpopular than insignificant, and vanity prefers to assume that indifference is a latent form of unfriendliness.
Edith WhartonTags: indifference jealousy vanity popularity
When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.
Criss JamiTags: humor individuality majority minority insanity unique sanity popularity craziness misunderstood abnormal appearance original being-different
You get caught in being something, being cool or special or whatever, to the point where you don’t even know why you need it; you just think you do
John GreenTags: life purpose identity goal popularity john-green
it's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent.
Andrew James PritchardTags: talent arts popularity fame-and-fortune life-skills
He was highly spoken of, everybody knew; but nobody knew who had spoken highly of him…
Mrs. OliphantTags: respect popularity regard
There is no point in expending good money on the pursuit of an engine that can power aircraft without propellers. What is wrong with airships anyway? They have borne mankind aloft for over a hundred relatively accident-free years and I see no reason to impugn their popularity...
Jasper FfordeTags: money mankind popularity engine aircraft accident-free airships propellers
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