Pastoral Resources

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard.

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.

It wasn't so long ago that it was not popular to speak Gaelic in Ireland because the areas that Gaelic is spoken in were much poorer areas.

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.

I was the editor of the school newspaper and in drama club and choir, so I was not a popular girl in the traditional sense, but I think I was known for being relatively scathing.

I know that from the days of Watergate... the notion of two sources on a story has become the popular dogma about how you confirm something. And there is a lot of truth to that, but there are all kinds of ways to check to the extent that you can, a story that you get.

I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird.

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.

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line.

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

Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.

Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.

These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've been collecting computer ads and ads dealing with Internet industries.

But as far as being popular, yeah, I think Dave Barry is really funny.

Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal.