Quotes about Notoriety

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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust. — Virginia Woolf, Orlando
Living as we do in an age of noise and bluster, success is now measured accordingly. We must all be seen, and heard, and — Daphne du Maurier, The "Rebecca" Notebook: And Other Memories
But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absol — Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version
Popularity makes no sense If your fame is a shame. — Michael Bassey Johnson, Master of Maxims
For the average person leading an ordinary life, fame holds an hypnotic attraction. Many would sooner perish than exist — Emily Thorne
That's what mild television fame is like: it's like walking through the world with your fly down. — Dave Holmes
Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity. — Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
There is no such thing as notoriety in the United States these days, let alone infamy. Celebrity is all. — Christopher Hitchens, For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports