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“renown, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame - a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.”

Littles Sometimes Hands Fame Degrees Distinction Notoriety Renown Unfriendly Inconsiderate

Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World

“It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.”

Littles Real Deals Fire Fame Glory Smoke Notoriety

Book:The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)

Source: The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)

“Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.”

Littles Fame Notoriety

Book:Othmar. Friendship. And other stories

Source: Othmar. Friendship. And other stories

“It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment.”

Men Reason He Man Wind Fame Judgment Clouds Contemporary Dust After Death Notoriety

Author:James Russell Lowell

“Fame, or notoriety, whichever that special noise may be called when the world like a hound 'gives tongue' and announces that the quarry in some form of genius is at bay, is apt to increase its clamor in proportion to the aloofness of the pursued animal.”

World Giving May Form Animal Special Genius Fame Increase Tongue Noise Proportion Pursued Hounds Clamor Notoriety Quarry Aloofness

Book:Innocent

Source: Innocent

“Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.”

One Thing Fame Notoriety

Author:Lana Turner

“Fame, at one time, was associated with accomplishment, but in this day and age fame and notoriety have become confused.”

Age Fame Accomplishment Confused This Day One Time Notoriety

Author:Don Henley

“I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for our own benefit, or notoriety is not for our own benefit, it's for leverage to do good.”

Believe Purpose Speak I Believe Influence Fame Benefits Notoriety

Author:Rick Warren

“I feel like I've been dealing with that building over the years because of the Broadway community, so I'm treating it in the same way - I've always tried to keep my personal life private. I didn't get into this business for notoriety or fame. I don't go to places to be seen and that's not going to change.”

Way Feels Years Community Building Fame Personal Life Broadway Notoriety

Author:Aaron Tveit

“Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.”

Fame Obscurity Notoriety

Author:Neil Gaiman

“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.”

Source: The Image or What Happened to the American Dream

“Do not confuse notoriety and fame with greatness. . . . For you see, greatness is a measure of one's spirit, not a result of one's rank in human affairs.”

Humans Spirit Results Greatness Fame Affair Confusion Confusing Notoriety

Author:Sherman Glenn Finesilver

“Most restaurants fail. The sad ones are stillborn. The mad ones flourish within the bustle and excitement of fame, notoriety, the thrill of the new. But they rarely sustain the glow. They are balloons kept aloft by a restless crowd. Only the strange, the freaks of restaurant perfection, can sustain life beyond a few years.”

Years Failing Strange Fame Perfection Mad Crowds Excitement Restaurants Freak Thrill Restless Balloons Notoriety Bustle

Author:Sam Sifton