"A celebrity is one who is known by……" — Henry Louis Mencken

"A celebrity is one who is known by many people he is glad he doesn't know"

— Henry Louis Mencken

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58 Quotes by Henry Louis Mencken

Henry Louis Mencken has 58 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually…
Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just after…
Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another
The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading part in a prosecution which…
Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to be unqualifiedly ratty, raffish, sordid,…
To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young…
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics…
Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…
I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the…
The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without…
The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose…
Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

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More Celebrity Quotes

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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see… — Dan Aykroyd
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity. — Erykah Badu
I've always competed in those shows. Like, I won 'Fear Factor', I did 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of… — Stephen Baldwin
I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on… — Tallulah Bankhead
There is no good side to celebrity. — Javier Bardem
Celebrity is very weird. — Javier Bardem
You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives.… — Victoria Beckham
I've been that celebrity on the red carpet, and I appreciate that something hasn't got to just look good from… — Victoria Beckham
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do… — Adele
It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursuing that, you're… — Lewis Black
I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people… — Cate Blanchett

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