Famous quotes containing the words gaining and/or popularity:
“So we see
That all things change, one nation gaining strength
While others perish.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
“Here also was made the novelty ‘Chestnut Bell’ which enjoyed unusual popularity during the gay nineties when every dandy jauntily wore one of the tiny bells on the lapel of his coat, and rang it whenever a story-teller offered a ‘chestnut.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)