Renown Quotes

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

I have been famous for a long time.

Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and reknown.

I don't want to meet anybody famous, usually.

For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles.

Warlike Ardour of the People: When they go into battle, it is a disgrace for the chief to be surpassed in valor, a disgrace for his followers not to equal the valor of the chief. And it is an infamy and a reproach for life to have survived the chief, and returned from the field. To defend, to protect him, to ascribe one's own brave deeds to his renown, is the height of loyalty. The chief fights for victory; his vassals fight for their chief.

I'm not a celebrity or anything.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

I think it is a blessing to be known by the name of your character. How many characters can we count on our fingertips? Not many. To be one of them is a big achievement.

I've pretty much always been in the limelight. A star in my own right.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

I don't want to just be known as good. I want to be special.

College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.

It's an honor to be at the biggest club in the world.

I never knew you could be so known from your success.

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

I'm looking to make history.

What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.

I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity.

Everywhere I go, people know who I am.

I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.

What of fame? Everybody knows your name: never again are you alone.