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Quotes About Notoriety

Being continually in people?s sight, by the satiety which it creates, diminishes the reverence felt for great characters.
~ Livy
I awoke one morning to find myself famous.
~ Lord Byron
Guys who get their name splashed all over history and folklore don't tend to be Boy Scout troop leaders.
~ Jim Butcher
He had the kind of face that belonged on billboards. Mine belonged on wanted posters.
~ Jim Butcher
Doing something prestigious does not equal being awesome.
~ Unknown
Let's quit and become famous for being drunk 24/7 ?
~ Unknown
Being famous is just a job.
~ Britney Spears
They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do.
~ Sirhan Sirhan
I don't really consider myself to be famous.
~ Victoria Justice
People care about none but only those well-known.
~ Unknown
What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
~ Voltaire
it wont be possible to be famouse without courage.
~ Bozorgmehr
Everybody wants their fame. They long for it, and I think they don't much care how they get it - to attract attention to themselves.
~ Ruth Rendell
But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
~ Beatrice Dalle
Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am.
~ Nicholas Lea
I'll talk your ear off if you recognize me.
~ Fred Willard
I earned my famous name.
~ Brian Wilson
I'm actually enjoying attention. Who wouldn't?
~ Trae Young
I never thought about being famous.
~ Damon Wayans
Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
~ Dan Fogler
A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin
The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin
Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.
~ Daniel J. Boorstin
A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services
~ Daniel J. Boorstin