A Quote by Al Gore

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Al Gore

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Al Gore
American - President
Born: March 31, 1948

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

Al Gore

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches.

Saul Bellow

I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest?

Roger Moore

It seems to me that our presidential elections have turned more into a popularity contest than a real analysis about who really should be President of the United States.

Danny Strong

Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest.

Paul Polman

Technology has had more of an impact on the presidency and how the presidency communicates than anything.

Mark McKinnon

I'm not here to win a popularity contest.

Gary Bettman

Life is not a popularity contest

Susun Weed

All language is a popularity contest.

Erin McKean

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

William Devane

Art has never been a popularity contest.

James Levine

It's not a popularity contest to me. It should always be about the music.

Gabriella Wilson

I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest.

Andrew Lansley

We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.