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An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.

In a way, the popularity of Corona came too fast for its own good, initially. We took a few steps back.

My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.

But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.

Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.

Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances.

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity.

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

But having said all of that, that still doesn't account for a lot of the increase in popularity which stems, I think, from Lincoln's personal characteristics.

I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.

I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.

The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.

I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.