Popular Quotes - page 12

Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in popular culture, but there are certainly pop stars that play uke - George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Train, and Paul McCartney. (Jake Shimabukuro)
Taking in and blowing out smoke? And now you see girls smoking cigars. It got to be such a fad. Girls on the covers of magazines, smoking cigars. Give me a break. I didn't want to be a part of that. I don't like 'popular.' View quote
James Coburn
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. View quote
Ken Burns
I really just like acting. I'm not always aware of what is hip and what is popular and what is zeitgeist. View quote
Kevin McKidd
And so popular culture raises issues that are very important, actually, in the country I think. You get issues of the First Amendment rights and issues of drug use, issues of AIDS, and things like that all arise naturally out of pop culture. View quote
Kurt Loder
I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world. View quote
Karrie Webb
We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base. View quote
Keenen Ivory Wayans
I think its sad that movies and television have caused the theatre to fade as a popular art form. I hope to get young people into the theatre and expose them to Shakespeare. View quote
Kelly McGillis
Don't give in to all the cliques and popularity. It means nothing. I know super popular guys, and guess what? They're just normal people, too. View quote
Leo Howard
Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers. View quote
Les Baxter
The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to be guided through the favelas of Brazil and the shantytowns of South Africa. The recently opened Los Angeles Gang Tour carries visitors through battle-scarred territories of urban violence and deprivation. (Leslie Jamison)
Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya. View quote
Louis Leakey
I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period. View quote
Luther Vandross
Resolutions are popular because everyone feels they could use a little improvement. View quote
Marilu Henner
You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with. View quote
Markus Wolf
I'm interested in youth culture and popular culture. View quote
Marc Newson
When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals to me. View quote
Matthew Sweet
I didn't want to be a hero to kids; I didn't think I had that. I just wanted to be popular. View quote
Maxwell Caulfield
Contrary to popular belief, my experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more. View quote
Michael Gerber
The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular. View quote
Michael York
I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done. (Mickey Gilley)
Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in the world. View quote
Mike Fitzpatrick
Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture. View quote
Morley Safer
For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular. View quote
Namie Amuro
The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States. View quote
Norm Dicks