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“If you're not careful, you can get a grossly over-inflated opinion about your popularity.”

Ifs Opinion Fame Careful Popularity

Author:Bobby Knight

“From the fame opinion of a soul distinct from the body came the practice of praying, first for the dead, and then to them with a long train of other absurd opinions, and superstitious practices.”

Firsts Long Soul Body Opinion Practice Praying Fame Train Absurd Superstitious

Book:An History of the Corruption of Christianity

Source: An History of the Corruption of Christianity

“If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of Popularity is shame; if thou be once up, beware; from fame to infamy is a beaten road.”

Ifs Names Opinion Fame Disease Shame Oil Endeavor Popularity Beaten Lamps Stink Infamy

Author:Francis Quarles

“Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that no true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.”

Men May Opinion Mankind Expression Fame Labor Permanent Contradiction Temporary Public Opinion Applause

Book:Orations and Speeches [1845-1850]

Source: Orations and Speeches [1845-1850]

“He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others.”

Mean Self Loses Opinion Alive Position Fame Praise Ill Illness Vanity Vain Sufficient Endeavor Self Sufficient

Book:Writings of Nietzsche: Volume III

Source: Writings of Nietzsche: Volume III

“As soon as an opinion becomes common it is sufficient reason for men to abandon it and to uphold the opposite opinion until that in its turn grows old, and they require to distinguish themselves by other things. Thus if they attain their goal in some art or science, we must expect them soon to cast it aside to acquire some fresh fame, and this is partly the reason why the most splendid ages degenerate so quickly, and, scarcely emerged from barbarism, plunge into it again.”

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

“It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.”

Men Opinion Wise Fame Judgment Uncertain

Book:The Prince

Source: The Prince

“Fame is like a big eraser. It's strange, now that I'm famous. In my parents' opinion, all the shitty things - all the wreckage of my past - is erased. Now it's like I was never the kid who got arrested. Now I'm a wonderful son.”

Bigs Kids Past Parent Opinion Wonderful Strange Son Fame Arrested My Past Wreckage Erasers

Author:Bobcat Goldthwait

“So many people took my opinion and some will give it more serious consideration because of who I am. Not because I have a specility in this field that I gave my opinion on, but simply because I am a little bit famous. I find that kind of power to presaude both frightening and exciting. My hope, my most frevent hope, is that I use this louder voice that success has given me, wisely. That I always remember that fame is the by product, not the substance of what I do.”

People Giving Kind Littles Use Remember Given Bits Voice Opinion Fields Serious Products Fame Little Bit Exciting Who I Am Substance Consideration Frightening

Author:Laurell K. Hamilton

“My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.”

World Has Beens Opinion Power Comfort Fame Prejudice Teeth Temporary Tempted Ruling Concealed Flattered

Author:Lord Byron

“I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.”

Knows Opinion Fame

Author:Cher