There’s almost no popular music I listen to now. I’ll hear it because it’s everywhere… Music is ubiquitous now. – Alec Baldwin
This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer’s image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide. – Anatoly Karpov
I don’t know if I’m a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It’s very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public. – Christopher Parker
The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation. – Charles Babbage
I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults. – Bobby Vinton
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. – Aristophanes
Since Mashable’s inception, some of our most popular articles have focused on the science behind the world’s coolest innovations. – Adam Ostrow
Opera is an exclusive art form, so it cannot be that popular. I just do what I love to do. – Anna Netrebko
Until a few years ago, the topics in my Ph.D. were unfashionable, but they are very popular today. – Benoit Mandelbrot
If something is well-written, it has a chance to be good and if it’s not well-written, it will not be good. It could even become popular, but it won’t be good. – Bryan Cranston
It’s funny because there’s a part of me that, if something is popular, I sort of become a defiant teenager about it. Like, ‘Oh, I’m not gonna like that because everybody likes it.’ – AJ Lee
Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are. – Alexis Tsipras
Hip-hop has never had boundaries – the more adventurous it is, the more popular it seems to be. – Ariel Rechtshaid
‘Dr Who’ is an extraordinary association that I have because I didn’t realise until I was in the show quite how worldwide it is and how popular and how dear it is to so many people’s hearts. – Bonnie Langford
When I supported the stimulus package, I knew that it would not be popular with the Republican Party. – Arlen Specter
The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals. – Bruce Beresford