Quotes About Renown

You know Jace Lightwood?" said Emma. "I-- What?" "He's famous," Emma said with obvious amazement. He's the best Shadowhunter. The best.

fame is everlasting!

Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

I want to be known as 'The Big Shakespeare.' It was Shakespeare that said, 'Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them.'

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.

The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.

Fame is a food that dead men eat, I have no stomach for such meat.

I'm famous. Ain't that a bitch?

Almost all were assured a degree of renown for their exploits, and it became common for these crusaders to be celebrated with the nickname 'Hierosolymitani', or 'travellers to Jerusalem'.

Looming visage noble American colonel. Courageous, renown of history, Colonel Sanders, image forever accompanied odor of sacrificial meat. Eternal flame offering wind savory perfume roasted flesh.

Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name.

Some for renown on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. To patch-work learned quotations are allied; Both strive to make our poverty our pride.

I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.

For me, stardom means when people know your name when you appear on screen.

I was never after celebrity status.

The winner of the game is the one with all the names.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Er würde so berühmt werden, das niemand sich mehr an Albert Chanute erinnern würde.

The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored , and unsung. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)

44th Verse Which means more to you, you or your renown? Which brings more to you, you or what you own? I say what you gain is more trouble that what you lose. Love is the fruit of sacrifice. Wealth is the fruit of generosity. A contented man is never disappointed. He who knows when to stop is preserved from peril, only thus can you endure long.

Better to be a legend than a star.