“The message of David Duke, is this, basically: Big government, anti-big government, get out of my pocketbook, cut my taxes, put welfare people back to work. That's a very popular message. The problem is the messenger.” PeopleProblemBigsGovernmentPoliticsCuttingTaxesMessagesWelfareMessengersDukesBig GovernmentBack To WorkVery PopularPocketbooks Author:Dan Quayle
“I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, "What do we do? We want to do what you do." It's almost impossible to do what I do, because you would have to start in 1980. You can't just do it.” PeopleWantImpossibleBandCall MeJust Do ItVery Popular Author:Ian MacKaye
“There is obstruction. Enlightenment is not very popular in this world. History tells us that enlightened teachers who made themselves largely available to human beings had problems.” WorldHumansMadeProblemHuman BeingsTeacherThis WorldEnlightenmentAvailableEnlightenedWorld HistoryObstructionVery Popular Author:Frederick Lenz
“I think that people are going to find more interest in the human condition, especially with them being weaned on so much reality television. They want character driven stuff along with real violence. Cage fighting is very popular with the kids right now. They see and know what one punch can do to someone's face. You can't give someone five hundred punches in a film anymore.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantGivingHumansRealCharacterRealityKidsFilmFacesFightingStuffInterestCan DoFiveViolenceConditionsTelevisionRight NowHundredDrivenHuman ConditionCagesVery PopularReality Television Author:Dolph Lundgren
“You know, what's popular? Okay, vampires are very popular. Let me make my vampire movie. I'm not saying you can't make a vampire movie. But if you're going to do one do something crazy. I mean don't just get a bunch of, like I said, models and make them into vampires so you'll get an audience. You know maybe get some ugly vampires for a change.” IfsKnowsMeanSaidAudienceCrazyModelsOkayLet MeUglyBunchVampireVery PopularVampire Movie Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Back when I was a kid, I never liked the kind of kids that my kids have become. They're privileged and have things very easy. But I'm proud of them. None of my kids are getting high, they love school, they're very popular.” KindKidsSchoolEasyProudPrivilegedBack WhenGetting HighVery Popular Author:Mike Tyson
“Today it is very popular to do a thing we call channeling. People are trying to channel entities and have these beings come through them. In my estimation this is downright ridiculous and dangerous.” PeopleTryingTodayDangerousBuddhismRidiculousEntityChannelingEstimationVery Popular Author:Frederick Lenz
“Channeling is a practice that is very popular right now. It is very dangerous. It is a process in which you are opening yourself up to astral entities and inviting them to come into you. This is silly.” ProcessPracticeDangerousBuddhismRight NowSillyOpeningEntityInvitingChannelingVery Popular Author:Frederick Lenz
“What I'm always afraid of is going "off-book,I always get upset when the director leaves the classic comic that was so very popular. I argued, and I won't say with who about what, but when we go way away from the original source material... that material is popular for a reason and I like to stick with it.” WayBookReasonMaterialsSourceDirectorsOriginalsSticksComicUpsetClassicVery Popular Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“I think rap music is the sole reason for a lot of black acceptance in pop culture; because the music is very popular, it gets our image out in other ways than in movies.” ThinkingWayReasonCultureBlackAcceptanceMusic IsPopsRapSolePop CultureRap MusicVery Popular Author:Ice Cube
“When you reach a certain level of fame or success or income all these magical things are going to happen to you. All of the sudden you're very popular. You're very pretty. Everyone loves you and that's going to fix all your problems.” ProblemHappensCertainLevelsLove YouFameIncomeOne LoveVery Popular Author:Jessica Origliasso
“I have a diverse audience, which is great, because I like doing things that are a bit more obscure, and I love doing things that are very popular as well. Each has its own bit of joy. So I try to mix it up.” TryingWellsJoyBitsAudienceDiverseObscureVery Popular Author:Kate Beaton
“It's in vogue to have a cause and give money in charity. But to actually speak up and say something like, I'm pissed about this" - that doesn't seem to be very popular unless you're writing a blog or tweeting.” GivingWritingSeemsSpeakCausesCharityBlogsVogueVery Popular Author:Conor Oberst
“I was big into mythology when I was a kid - Arthurian legends and Greek mythology, that was kind of my passion. I hadn't heard of the books, but I was told they were very popular amongst the kids, so I got a hold of them and read them. I totally got it!” KindBookBigsKidsPassionHeardMythologyGreekLegendsGreek MythologyMy PassionVery PopularArthurian LegendGreek Myth Author:Steve Valentine
“I don't think you can take a whole genre of very popular books and say, "This is all trash!" When we read a memoir that isn't by a celebrity, we feel like we're about to go on a journey and we don't know where the journey will lead. But when we read a memoir by a celebrity we feel like we already know the journey and we just want to travel it.” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsBookWholeJourneyGoes OnMemoirGenreTrashVery PopularWant To TravelPopular Book Author:Hilary Liftin
“Ugly is very popular this year...I had a feeling these clothes were deigned by someone who didn't like women.” YearsFeelingsModernClothesUglyModern LifeVery Popular Author:Andy Rooney
“I can't imagine Hunger Games, even with its very popular books, being nearly a success that it's been without Jen Lawrence being the perfect person to play that role - a very modern celebrity, a very down-to-earth, accessible, celebrity.” PersonsI CanBookPlayEarthGamesPerfectRolesImagineModernHungerDown To EarthVery PopularPerfect PersonPopular Book Author:Nina Jacobson
“I was not a very popular kid in high school, and I had this idea that the way that I dressed would change how liked I was. It was that kind of Pygmalion story. I think, ultimately that's probably why I became interested in fashion, its transformative power, and how it can change your identity.” ThinkingWayKindIdeasStoriesKidsSchoolFashionIdentityHigh SchoolVery PopularPygmalion Author:Joseph Altuzarra
“Animation had been used only for things like King Kong and the destruction of cities, which was very popular in the 1950s. I got tired of destroying cities. I destroyed New York, I destroyed San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Rome, and Washington. I was looking for a new outlet, and I came across the Sinbad legends.” UsedCitiesNew YorkKingsDestructionTiredGoldenDestroyedBridgesGatesDestroyingLegendsRomeAnimationSan FranciscoOutletsVery PopularKing KongGolden Gate Bridge Author:Ray Harryhausen
“The way that Wall Street works is most people like very steady quarterly earnings, and they like to be very popular instead of unpopular and they don't like to be the nail that sticks up, as they say.” PeopleWayStreetsWallSticksSteadyNailsEarningVery Popular Author:Christopher Galvin
“I like most of the places I've been to, but I've never really wanted to go to Japan, simply because I don't really like eating fish, and I know that's very popular out there in Africa, but the whole thing just doesn't appeal to me.” KnowsWholeWantedEatingFishesAppealsJapanVery PopularPlaces I've Been Author:Britney Spears
“All the publicity about value investing - it's become a very popular thing.” ValuesInvestingPublicityVery Popular Author:Walter Schloss
“In the UK cycling was very popular until the end of the 1950's but it really lost out to our love affair with the car. Regaining a culture where cycling is seen as an everyday part of life requires time and effort. Of course in some British towns it never really went away - just look at Oxford and Cambridge. In other places, where the car has been king for many decades, it takes more time.” LooksHas BeensEndsCultureCoursesLostEffortCarKingsTownsEverydayAffairBritishDecadesMore TimeOur LoveLove AffairParts Of LifeCyclingOxfordCambridgeVery Popular Author:Adrian Bell
“As Americans we like to believe that we're loved in international politics or that people like what we're doing. But we also recognize that we have an extraordinary responsibility to do what we think is right, and that sometimes what we do is not very popular.” PeopleThinkingBelieveSometimesResponsibilityExtraordinaryInternationalVery Popular Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Things that are very popular are not taken seriously, because the snobbish side of one says, "Well, if everyone likes it it can't be that good." Whereas if only I and a couple of other people like it, then it must be really something special.” PeopleIfsWellsSidesTakenSpecialCoupleLikesSomething SpecialVery PopularSnobbish Author:Brian Eno
“Yeah I was aware of the book, but hadn't read it. So as soon as I'd finished the script, I got a copy of the book and read that. My wife had read it and she loves it, so that was a good sounding board. I like her writing style, she's such a page-turner. I enjoyed The Constant Princess as well. I think she's great. The books are very popular with women and I can see why.” ThinkingWritingWellsI CanBookWifeStylePagesYeahConstantScriptsMy WifeFinishedEnjoyedBoardsCopiesPrincessLike HerVery PopularTurnerWriting Style Author:Eric Bana
“With the initial focus groups and the initial look-sees, the Rams are a very popular team in Southern California. And so one of the reasons that it was attractive to us to work against them is because they have that good flavor.” LooksReasonFocusGroupsTeamCaliforniaAttractiveSouthernFlavorInitialsVery PopularRamsSouthern CaliforniaFocus Groups Author:Jerry Jones
“Kabul was very popular with the hippies in the Sixties and Seventies. It was very quiet and peaceful.” QuietPeacefulSixtySeventiesHippieVery PopularKabul Author:Khaled Hosseini
“After Psychonauts went on to be very, very popular in Europe, I got busy with my next big project: being unemployed.” BigsNextProjectsEuropeBusyUnemployedVery Popular Author:Erik Wolpaw
“Life is like a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Very popular and not as bad as some would have you believe. That is, unspeakably awful but mercifully brief.” BelieveLife IsMusicalAwfulLife Is LikeAndrewVery Popular Author:Simon Munnery
“In college, I was like most young men, doing what pleased me and looking out mainly for my own interest. I had success in baseball and was very popular in school but all these things, which the world chases after, left me empty and unfulfilled. Through a series of trials and difficult times, the Lord opened my eyes to my sin and what would truly fulfill me. June 9, 2001, I received forgiveness and the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ.” MenWorldEyeSchoolYoungJesusLeftDifficultInterestChristMy OwnSinLordCollegeEternalJesus ChristEmptyBaseballSeriesTrialsYoung ManDifficult TimesJuneEternal LifeVery Popular Author:Luke Scott
“Every popular zillion dollar sport has its share of personal scandals around the sport and its leadership.” SportsShareDollarsScandalVery Popular Author:Rachel Maddow
“No, I don't do drugs anymore, either. But I'll tell you something about drugs. I used to do drugs, but I'll tell you something honestly about drugs, honestly, and I know it's not a very popular idea, you don't hear it very often anymore, but it is the truth: I had a great time doing drugs. Sorry. Never murdered anyone, never robbed anyone, never raped anyone, never beat anyone, never lost a job, a car, a house, a wife or kids, laughed my ass off, and went about my day.” KnowsIdeasKidsJobsUsedHouseLostWifeCarDrugBeatsSorryHonestlyAssLaughedGreat TimesVery PopularHad A Great Time Author:Bill Hicks
“There are so many sci-fi fans and it's such a big business now. So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal. I would be lying if I said that the fact that I had been on a very popular sci-fi show and had some recognition in that world didn't help me get the job on another sci-fi show.” PeopleIfsWorldSaidFactsHelpingShowsBigsWould BeJobsLyingFansRecognitionHelp MeSci FiLoyalBig BusinessVery Popular Author:Aaron Ashmore
“In the early 60s, folk music seemed to be very popular. In the early 70s, people like James Taylor, John Denver, Jim Croce and Cat Stevens brought back the interest in acoustic music. Today, we don't hear anything.” PeopleTodayInterestCatFolksAcousticsFolk MusicVery PopularDenverAcoustic Music Author:Paul Stookey
“The Communist Party is very popular in South Africa, especially among the young people. Never having had a chance to travel, and having suffered so much under capitalism, they still can't believe that the Russian people themselves have rejected it.” PeopleBelieveStillsYoungChancePartyCapitalismSouthCommunistSouth AfricaRejectedCommunist PartyVery Popular Author:Nadine Gordimer
“One has to choose between engaging in stylistic research or the mere recording of facts. I feel that a filmmaker must go beyond the recording of facts. Moreover, I believe that Africans, in particular, must reinvent cinema. It will be a difficult task because our viewing audience is used to a specific film language, but a choice has to be made: either one is very popular and one talks to people in a simple and plain manner, or else one searches for an African film language that would exclude chattering and focus more on how to make use of visuals and sounds.” PeopleFeelsBelieveMadeFactsUseFilmUsedChoicesLanguageI BelieveDifficultSoundSimpleAudienceFocusParticularResearchTasksMereCinemaFilmmakerVisualsEngagingVery PopularDifficult Tasks Author:Djibril Diop Mambety
“My daughter Cosma is a very popular actress in Germany. She also organizes these wonderful open-air parties. She has a wonderful teacher, she's very smart. And I sometimes perform at her festivals.” SometimesPartyTeacherWonderfulAirSmartDaughterActressesGermanyMy DaughterOrganizeFestivalsVery SmartVery PopularWonderful Teacher Author:Nina Hagen
“Barack Obama, you know has a lot of supporters here in America, but he's very popular internationally. It's quite interesting. This is a true story. It was in the paper. Barack Obama is so popular in the African town where his father was born, they've named a beer after him. That's true. Yeah. So next time you're in Africa, sit back, relax, and enjoy a tall, cold Barackelob Light. Good enough. Clearly not as popular a beer as it used to be.” KnowsEnoughStoriesLightAmericaUsedNextFatherEnjoyBornInterestingColdPaperTownsYeahUsed To BeBarackBeerRelaxGood EnoughTallNext TimeSupporterTrue StoryVery Popular Author:Conan O'Brien
“Apparently, I'm very, very popular in jails. They often ask me to come and speak.” AsksSpeakAsk MeJailVery Popular Author:Etgar Keret
“I have no idea why she quieted down on the subject. Maybe she was told to. I can imagine that it wasn't a very popular position in the Administration, with her own husband having ordered by executive order the internment. Maybe she was just told: "Look, we're in a war now. Turn off your social conscience."” LooksI CanIdeasWarOrderTurnsSocialImagineSubjectsPositionHusbandConscienceAdministrationNo IdeaExecutivesImagine ThatTurn OffVery PopularExecutive OrdersInternment Author:William A. Rusher
“That's more about lifestyle [Peter Mayles], living abroad. It's about buying a donkey and house in south France, and that's a slightly different thing. A very popular genre but that's not quite my thing.” DifferentHouseSouthLifestyleFranceGenreBuyingDifferent ThingsPeterDonkeyVery PopularLiving Abroad Author:John Gimlette
“There is a whole genre of funny travel writers - that's very popular. There's Bill Bryson and people who follow that route and sell travel writing through making people laugh. It's a very difficult group to take. The line between comedy and mockery is sometimes a bit thin.” PeopleWritingSometimesWholeBitsDifficultLinesLaughingComedyGroupsBillsSellsGenreRoutesFunny TravelMaking People LaughTravel WritingMockeryVery Popular Author:John Gimlette
“Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function.” WaySeemsCommunityFunctionRadioBritainVery Popular Author:John Gimlette
“A few years ago I appeared on GLEE and, Jane Lynch and I did a remake of the song that was very popular - someone told me it was in the Top 100 when it was released. First, walking on the set of GLEE the day we filmed it was surreal as they had recreated the entire original set from the music video. It was bizarre - but fun.” YearsFirstsSongFunWalkingYears AgoOriginalsVideoBizarreJaneSurrealRemakesGleeVery PopularTop 100 Author:Olivia Newton-John
“Donald Trump is a different ball of wax. I've been trying to say for I don't know how many months now that the traditional political playbook in destroying and attacking a political opponent is not gonna work on Trump, because Trump's connection with his supporters or his audience is far deeper and far greater than most voters' connection with a candidate that's very popular. Reagan had the connection.” KnowsTryingDifferentPoliticalAudienceKnow HowGreaterMonthsTrumpConnectionsBallsDeeperTraditionalOpponentsCandidatesVotersDestroyingSupporterAttackingVery PopularPlaybooksPolitical Opponents Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Running for governor of Texas against a very popular governor [incumbent Ann Richards] was deemed to be risky. Everybody thought I would lose. As I put in my book, my mother said, "You're going to lose!"” SaidBookRunningMotherLosesTexasGovernorsIncumbentsVery Popular Author:George W. Bush
“When Dalton Trumbo and his friends joined the Communist Party it was 1943, and Russia was our ally in World War II. This was connected to a very popular movement of artists and intellectuals at that time towards anti fascism, and an alliance with the union movement.” WorldWarArtistPartyMovementUnionsConnectedRussiaWar Of The WorldsCommunistAlliesFascismWorld War IiWorld War IAlliancesCommunist PartyVery Popular Author:Jay Roach
“We have a pope [Francis] who's very popular among the Catholic faithful and non-Catholics, but there's no doubt he's going to continue to face resistance from conservatives inside the church.” FacesChurchDoubtCatholicResistanceFaithfulNo DoubtPopeVery Popular Author:Sylvia Poggioli