Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight. — Valerie Trierweiler Copy Share Image
This year, notoriety got confused with fame, and the devil is down hearted because there is nothing left for him to claim. — Don Henley Copy Share Image
Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I think that whenever a Jew has any kind of notoriety, good or bad, the Jews find it to be good. — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as notoriety in the United States these days, let alone infamy. Celebrity is all.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“She wasn't a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Even the greatest actions of a celebrated person labor under this disadvantage, that however surprising and extraordinary they may be, they are… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
'Carrie' was a pretty big-budget movie at a real studio, with a director that had already done a bunch of things and… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I was 35 or 36, when I wrote 'Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,' that I began to get… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
When I first became recognizable from appearing on television, I abused my notoriety as much as I possibly could, at the expense… — Steve-O Copy Share Image
I didn't have anything to do with being born to my mother and father. But I had a lot to do with… — Mary Crosby Copy Share Image
It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A good stunt has to have both style and substance. It's a combination of impact and notoriety, the element of danger, technical… — Steve Truglia Copy Share Image
renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I'm not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety. I have a master's from… — Adam Richman Copy Share Image
You can always spot a 'television personality', even when they aren't actually on television, because they carry their 'made-up' persona in front… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Without music I wouldn't have the ability to be in business. The opportunity to be in business came with the finances from… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through.… — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian would have left little more than lipstick stains in their passing had it not been for the… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
“For the average person leading an ordinary life, fame holds an hypnotic attraction. Many would sooner perish than exist in anonymity. But… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
I hate politics and what are considered their appropriate measures. I hate notoriety, public meetings, public speeches, caucuses and everything that I… — John Abbott Copy Share Image
“Wilde's permanent celebrity belongs to literature, and only his transient notoriety to police news.” — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
From a business perspective, it's great for the NBA... Notoriety sells. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
I guess I get the most notoriety from my shooting. But I like passing and movement, making the game easy. — Chris Mullin Copy Share Image
You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you. — Oscar De La Hoya Copy Share Image
As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film. — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
I got a lot of notoriety early on. Much of my career I was just trying to prove I was as good… — Kip Thorne Copy Share Image
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be noticed for their vices than not be noticed at all. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
America puts killers on the cover of 'TIME' magazine, giving them as much notoriety as our favorite movie stars. — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all! — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity. — Lemmy Copy Share Image
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
To whatever degree you have as a celebrity or notoriety, there are people who see you as an opinion leader. — Eric Balfour Copy Share Image
The degree of notoriety I have is fine and easy. There's nothing hysterical about it. — Bill Nighy Copy Share Image
To be known for one's saddest story is not the road to notoriety anyone would willingly choose. — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
Coming out of college, I got a lot of notoriety for being the old-school center. — Jahlil Okafor Copy Share Image
