“If you want a receipt for that popular mystery,
Known to the world as a Heavy Dragoon -
Take all the remarkable people in history,
Rattle them off to a popular tune!”

“The Beatles may be more popular than Jesus but heavy cats like Chairman Mao, Uncle Ho, and beautiful long-haired Che Guevara are more popular than The Beatles.”

Abbie Hoffman book Woodstock Nation

“Popularity means people think they know you.”

Kristin Hannah (1960) American writer

“Nerds serve two masters. They want to be popular, certainly, but they want even more to be smart. And popularity is not something you can do in your spare time, not in the fiercely competitive environment of an American secondary school.”

Paul Graham (1964) English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist

“But it takes a war to make map-reading popular.”

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

“The popularity serves to help people.”

Patricia Conde (1979) Spanish actress

“Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Not for me. If I want to tune everybody out, I just take off my glasses and enjoy the haze.”

Paul Desmond (1924–1977) American jazz musician

“History is full of the accounts of those who imposed their absolute power against popular will.”

Mubarak Ali (1941) Historian, activist, scholar

“I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.”

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress