Horace Walpole Quotes

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.

Anytime you do something different, a lot of attention gets put on it.

One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.

I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else.

Stupidity fuses notoriety and celebrity.

I have no desire to be famous at all.

I prefer to be noticed some day, first for my ideas and second for my good eye.

It is certain because it is impossible. -Certum est quia impossibile

Paradoxes are the only truths.

A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.

My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort

Criticism comes to those who stand out.

The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody.

It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one.

If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.

I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.

There is a place where Contrarieties are equally True.

All cases are unique and very similar to others.

Alcibiades had a very handsome dog, that cost him seven thousand drachmas; and he cut off his tail, "that," said he, "the Athenians may have this story to tell of me, and may concern themselves no further with me.

Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.

Fashion: the search for a new absurdity.

If you want to make a name for yourself, the oldest trick in the book is to attack what everybody else reveres.