All language is a popularity contest. Votes: 1
Art has never been a popularity contest. Votes: 1
Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest. Votes: 1
The presidency is more than a popularity contest. Votes: 1
I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest. Votes: 1
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. Votes: 1
Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided. Votes: 1
It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree. Votes: 1
Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title. Votes: 1
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. Votes: 1
I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be. Votes: 1
The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world. Votes: 1
Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!' Votes: 1
Life is not a popularity contest Votes: 0
You are not a leader to win a popularity contest-you are a leader to lead. Votes: 0
I think politics in general are just like a popularity contest but McCain is just... old. Votes: 0
Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill?. Votes: 0
Beating Newt Gingrich in a popularity contest is like beating Stephen Hawking in 'Dancing with the Stars.' Votes: 0
In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval. Votes: 0
I'm not here to win a popularity contest. I'm here to work and have a career. Let the haters hate. I'm ready for the criticism. Votes: 0
Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title Votes: 0
I don't think anybody says to Coetzee or Dostoyevsky or Kafka, "Your characters aren't likeable." It's not about your character winning a popularity contest. That's not the writer's job. Votes: 0
I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest? Votes: 0
Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of clichés the first prize. Votes: 0
A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway. Votes: 0
Clay Aiken ran for Congress in North Carolina. But he didn't make it. Clay Aiken is famous for coming in second in a TV popularity contest that most people got fed up with years ago. He also lost on 'American Idol.'
When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything. Votes: 3 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong. Votes: 4 Oscar Wilde