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Quotes About Notorious

Askim was notorious for his kleptomania; the Zamperinis lived above a grocery, and the dog made regular shoplifting runs downstairs, snatching food and fleeing. His name was a clever joke: When people asked what the dog's name was, they were invariably confused by the reply, which sounded like "Ask him.
~ Laura Hillenbrand
We are known to be anti-authoritarian, anti-institutional, and notoriously anti-religious—more likely to quote Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Monty Python, or Star Trek than the Bible.
~ Gudjon Bergmann
Josephus also, who gives us a minute account of the atrocities perpetrated by Herod up to even the very last moment of his life, does not say a single word about this unheard-of crime, which must have been so notorious. Surely he must have known of it, and must have mentioned it, had it ever been committed.
~ Thomas William Doane
I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as myself.
~ Rock Hudson
Notorious B.I.G. was one of my favorites. I started getting into hip-hop around the Bad Boy era.
~ Big Sean
'Notorious' is a masterwork. I can watch it every day.
~ Bellamy Young
I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.
~ Michel Houellebecq
We're notorious for living up to our namesake. We're all about love. That's how we roll, even when it's to a fault.
~ Nancy Wilson
I happen to be notorious. That, I have no control over.
~ Kevin Mitnick
My name got kind of hot as a D.J. around town; on the north side of town, they had 'D.J. Juicy J.' That's what I called myself: 'The Notorious D.J. Juicy J.'
~ Juicy J
Child actors are notorious for being brats.
~ Kylie Bunbury
He acquired a reputation for savage brutality unique even in that savage, brutal age, his most famous act being the simultaneous execution of thirty thousand captive enemy soldiers by impalement, i.e., a stake driven up through the anus and out the mouth. He was not a nice fellow.
~ Chet Williamson
The flyest justice SCOTUS has ever seen.
~ @notoriousrbg, Instagram bio
A freelance gangster and thief" (as Herbert Asbury describes him in his classic work The Gangs of New York), Hicks embarked on his criminal career at the age
~ Harold Schechter
The rise of modern mass communication, he argues—railways, telegraphs, and especially newspapers—has made it difficult for certain highly notorious criminals (like himself) to receive fair and impartial trials.
~ Harold Schechter
I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.
~ Grimes
The State House is notorious for its crazy, unpredictable work hours - it's a big reason why women are deterred from entering the legislature at all levels, and especially in leadership.
~ Sara Gideon
Because my life has been so notorious and so bad, it can overshadow my work.
~ Gregory David Roberts
Part of the challenge of Most Wanted is trying to become the most notorious street racer on the pavement.
~ Josie Maran
Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, there was everything from The Notorious B.I.G. to Weezer playing in my car.
~ Mat Kearney
Some day, Prince Kheldar, you will fall in love, the queen said with a little smirk, and the twelve kingdoms will stand around and chortle over the fall of so notorious a bachelor.
~ David Eddings
Do you for one moment think that a professional plier of the trade of conversation would fail to probe beak-deep into your family's sordid liaison with the pan-Canadian Resistance's notorious M. DuPlessis and his malevolent but allegedly irresistible amanuensis-cum-operative, Luria P______?
~ David Foster Wallace
You know who I am. --- I know your reputation. --- Then you know I am a dangerous man. --- I know you were said to be such once.
~ David Maine
A true relief effort for hurricane victims is not a partisan issue. However, in Washington we are notorious for making our jobs far more difficult than they need to be.
~ Mark Meadows