#notoriety

Reputation is favorable notoriety as distinguished from fame, which is permanent approval of great deeds and noble thoughts by the best intelligence of mankind. ↗

— George William Curtis

#best #deeds #distinguished #fame #favorable

Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian would have left little more than lipstick stains in their passing had it not been for the sex videos that lofted them into reality-TV notoriety. Once notoriety has warmed into familiarity, celebrity itself becomes one big 'Brady Bunch' reunion, or a therapy session with Dr. Drew. ↗

— James Wolcott

#been #big #brady #bunch #celebrity

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety. ↗

— Morgan Brittany

#fame #money #notoriety #out #own

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can't do anything about that. We can't control that. ↗

— Robert Redford

#achieved #agendas #anything #began #certain

It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong. ↗

— Donna Rice

#been #down #exploit #hard #i

Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#notoriety #death

We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety. ↗

— John Grisham

#got #notoriety #private #really #sort

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly. ↗

— Diana Ross

#closed #comes #fingers #grains #hand

What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#am #got #i #i am #judge

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#despite #family #friends #know #notoriety