Quotes about Notoriety

It's better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

Just as with the man in the fairy tale who turned whatever he touched into gold, with me everything is turned into newspaper clamor.

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be noticed for their vices than not be noticed at all.

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause. The same singularly proud and reserved nature which turned away with disdain from popular notoriety was capable of being moved to its depth by spontaneous wonder and praise from a friend.

I don't like fame; I prefer to have no profile. But this is not possible for me.