Quote by Eric Birk

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…

— Ambrose Bierce

“…notoriety is not real glory.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“Nothing is more disreputable than wasting a reputation where it cannot be flaunted, for fame fades fast in fighting filthy foes.”

— Andrew Chugg

“Dominating and consistent victories are one thing, seemingly impossible victories something else entirely, and the preserve of the very finest; a self-fulfilling, self-perpetuating prophecy…

— Daniel Harris

Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

— Lana Turner

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

— Aesop

“As anyone's ratio of trials to triumph grows to a complex, incalculable thing, so does their verve and valor become an immeasurable impact and…

— Connie Kerbs

Notoriety is cheap. It's just easier to get noticed by doing something bad.

— Lionel Shriver

Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.

— Neil Gaiman

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

“People can malign your reputation all they want; you simply must trudge on. Concede defeat if they succeed in tarnishing your character before God…

— Sarah Justina

“Precisely this one, which I had intended to be published anonymously so that it could never build any reputation on the part of the…

— Viktor Frankl