Unpopular Choices Quotes

My whole career has been one wrong answer after another as far as the left is concerned.

When I got into rap I didn't exactly win any popularity contests. I called myself Dee Dee King, after B.B. King, to the total dismay of my fellow Ramones.

Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts - mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that's generally suppressed and hidden. As an investor-entrepreneur, I've always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking.

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

Extraordinary measures were required and I realize that not all of these steps were popular.

My own personal popularity can have no influence over me when the dictates of my best judgment and the obligations of an oath require of me a particular course. Under such circumstances, whether I sink or swim on the tide of popular favor is, to me, a matter of inferior consideration.

Politically, it may not be the right thing to do, but sometimes proceeding with one's responsibilities can have personal costs.

If you are going to take the political pain of slaying sacred cows, you might as well slaughter the whole herd as just go after one or two.

Sometimes the things we have to do are objectionable in the eyes of others

It's hard to take a stand. You're not going to make everybody happy.

Sometimes in this world you make unpopular decisions because you think they're right.

Everybody gives Trump an extremely bad rap. He's a businessman, so he is not trying to rub your back and tell you everything is going to be OK. He is going to set standards and, when everything is in chaos, you need someone who is willing to do what needs to be done.

I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more and I can take more unpopular decisions. I can have as my guidance for decision whatever is right, not whatever is popular.

Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our heart, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in. It can be difficult and even frightening to go against the grain, whether it's a personal disagreement with a friend, partner, or family member or a professional decision that affects coworkers and colleagues.

You have to dare to make a choice that may be considered unorthodox in a role, but when you're working as if there are tons of people watching you, that's not necessarily a good thing.

I feel that if I am freed of the burden of politics, then I can do more, and I can take more unpopular decisions.

You have to be a political leader, willing to lose an election if you want to do what's right.

As First Minister, I will always act in the best interests of the country. As party leader, I will always act in the best interests of the party, and if that sometimes means taking difficult, unpalatable decisions, I will never shy away from that.

I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.

Some of the best preparation I had for coming to Congress is being a football referee. Because you've got to make a decision, and no matter what you do, someone's unhappy with you.

Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

We need an honest politician in charge who doesn't care whether they are re-elected and is prepared to make the unpopular decisions.

Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.