David Brin Quotes

The people who receive the most approval in life are the ones who care the least about it--so technically, if you want the approval of others, you need to stop caring about it.

I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger.

I don't know why this concept of what is hip became so important to me.

I'm not trying to become popular.

I'm not the sort of person who if everyone thinks you're fabulous you thrive on it.

Approval makes the world go round, even if many of us want to transcend our hunger for it.

Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner.

How I like to be liked, and what I do to be liked!

Everybody is so hungry for referrals, for 'likes.' I don't need to be liked. I don't need to be liked at all. I don't care if there's a button right there at the top of Drudge saying 'like' or 'dislike,' 'thumbs up,' 'thumbs down,' it doesn't mean anything.

The best of us would rather be popular than right.

I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.

Well you know I've been in that place too where you worry about what everybody thinks of you, am I popular, do people care, are they looking at me, all that stuff. That's a drag, man. Having to worry about fitting in, am I cool enough to ANYTHING.

To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.

Being hip, being popular, being cool, that's really easy. Until you have to make tough decisions. And when you have to make tough decisions, that veneer of coolness comes off real quick.

I've never courted popularity.

No man can honestly sit there and say he doesn't care about what people think, doesn't care if he's got the support of the British public or British fans.

I want people to like me.

My entire life goal was to be accepted by everyone. I think that's what I wanted the most. I never got it.

As women, I think we're used to looking around to see what people think about this, who's approving of us, who's criticizing us, and whether we have to internalize their thoughts on us.

I've searched all of my life for approval from my dad who is not around. So if I can get approval by his fans or from peers and critics, it helps me.

Some small part of what the artist does is for approval of others.

I think there's something very disingenuous about literally all people who say that they don't care about anyone's approval.

I want people to like me, and I care what they think.

I think people are more alike than they are different, especially in high school. No matter what clique you belong to, everybody's trying to get approval and trying to fit in.

I knew in my heart that I wasn't cool, but I figured I could at least be cool by association.