Fame Quote by George Eliot

A man's reputation is the opinion people have of him; his character is what he really is.

— Jack Miner

A good reputation is better than fame.

— Louis Dudek

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

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

— Anonymous

A man makes his reputation not by what he writes, but by what others write about him.

— Vikrant Parsai

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

— David Bowie

His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity....

— John Bartholomew Gough

Fame is a thing where people can overdo it and get a big head.

— Mason Ramsey

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be noticed for their vices than not be noticed at all.

— Harry S. Truman

Money will buy money's worth; but the thing men call fame, what is it?

— Thomas Carlyle