Notoriety Quotes

58 quotes by 57 authors

The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with… — John Banville
Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of… — Sherman Glenn Finesilver
I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages,… — Harmon Killebrew
The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning,… — James Madison
Most restaurants fail. The sad ones are stillborn. The mad ones flourish within the bustle and excitement of fame, notoriety, the thrill of the new.… — Sam Sifton
NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the… — Ambrose Bierce
Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety? — Edouard Manet
It changed my life in an extreme way. I dont know if you could calculate just how much it does [change your life]. There was… — Kurt Warner
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame. — Aesop
After I saw how badly animals were treated to en up in our plates, how bad it was for our health and for the environment,… — Georges Laraque
Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind. — George William Curtis
You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety. — Morgan Brittany
To be known for one's saddest story is not the road to notoriety anyone would willingly choose. — Michael Dorris
Rock musicians, and a vast array of popular-music musicians, due to their wealth, acquired through the mass of their notoriety, are able to be listened… — Bill Dixon
Notoriety and a fat bank balance must come after everything else is finished and done. — Ray Bradbury
My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little folk who exist… — Winston Churchill
Obscurity is where God sends all His favorite sons and daughters. Our society tells us that if and when we get â€˜thereâ€™â€”the job or position… — Jonathan Martin
Whatever notoriety Fall Out Boy used to have prevents me from having the ability to start over from the bottom again. — Patrick Stump
I do not deny I brought most of my notoriety on myself, nor do I apologize for it. — Billy Carter
As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film. — Alessandro Nivola

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