Quotes About Prominence

If you hear a "prominent" economist using the word equilibrium , or normal distribution , do not argue with him; just ignore him, or try to put a rat down his shirt.

Who's the fat guy?" Citra asked. "He looks important," said Rowan. "Indeed," said Scythe Faraday. "'The fat guy,' as you call him, is the High Blade. The most powerful man in the MidMerican Scythedom. He presides over conclave.

Look, let me put it this way: with me, you're number one and there isn't even a number two.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

I am one of the most famous people in Russia, which is maybe not modest, but it's true.

I think I'll be flavor of the month when I'm in my fifties.

This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.

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I take any opportunity I can to raise our country's flag really high and get some shining positive light on things over there.

Her unusual dark hair and sultry eyes made her stand out--- Anne Boleyn was Tudor England's Angelina Jolie amid a sea of Reese Witherspoons.

Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

I had to let her know that the reason she'd never heard of me was because I was famous.

Everyone always noticed Ashley. She was like a flashing neon sign for anyone with an ounce of testosterone.

My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.

When I was doing jazz concerts in America, I would use the biggest names I could find.

the awards and prominent positions that come with bowing before authority mean nothing to the rebel, who understands that virtue is not rewarded. The rebel expects nothing and gets nothing. But for the rebel, to refuse to struggle, to refuse to rebel, is to commit spiritual and moral suicide.

There is no such thing as notoriety in the United States these days, let alone infamy. Celebrity is all.

I don't like the idea of famous people.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

You matter.

fame is everlasting!

It seems inevitable, if unfair, that when a woman is vying for a prominent position in office, her outfit choices will be analyzed to a degree considerably higher than those of her male counterpart by simple existence of gender stereotypes.

My job in the Tour is to get the sponsor's logo in the most prominent place.