Quotes About Renown

Not many people know this ... but I happen to be famous.

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned.

Peace hath her victoriesNo less renown'd than war.

I get recognized, but I'm not really a famous famous.

The adulation or the superstardom is something I could leave out quite happily.

You aren't famous until my mother has heard of you.

All a man has to do, is to better what he can. And if he will settle it with himself, that even renown and success are in themselves of no great value, and be content to be defeated, if so be that the fault is not his; and so go to his work with a cool brain and a strong will, he will get it done; and fare none the worse in the end, that he was not burdened with provision and precaution.

When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.

It's very rare, don't you think, for a statue to appear before its subject has become famous.

They have a modest celebrity, sir. There's been a ballad.

I'm honest - of course I want to be a legend.

We gon' be a household name!

Am I a household name? I still can't get my head around that.

I am the first to admit that I have never been a household name.

The F-word is 'famous ' the C-word is 'celebrity' and S-word is 'star ' in my book. The other three words are fine - you can say those. But 'famous ' 'celebrity' and 'star ' I think, are misused.

If somebody tells me I'm famous I say, 'I'm not.' I can't see myself as famous and I don't think I'll ever call myself famous. I definitely don't feel famous.

Escribía que la arquitectura era verdaderamente la mayor de todas las artes, porque era anónima como toda grandeza. Decía que, tal como debía ser, el mundo tenía muchos edificios famosos, pero pocos arquitectos renombrados, puesto que en realidad ningún hombre individual había creado nunca nada de importancia, en arquitectura ni en cualquier otra disciplina.

Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning.

I'm actually one of the more reluctant celebrities you will ever meet.

I want to be as big as I can be. I want to be one of the biggest artists. I want to be remembered like, 'He is crazy. He is phenomenal.' I just want to be one of the biggest.

The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible.

Honour the worthy, love thy foes, Hide thy own virtues, cheer the faint, Pursue renown till life doth close, Such conduct marks the perfect saint.

So this holy life, bhikkhus, does not have gain, honour, and renown for its benefit, or the attainment of virtue for its benefit, or the attainment of concentration for its benefit, or knowledge and vision for its benefit. But it is this unshakeable deliverance of mind that is the goal of this holy life, its heartwood, and its end.