Fame

Famous quotes containing the word fame:

“To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.”
—Alexander Smith (1830–1867)

“Today one does not hear much about him.... The fame of his likes circulates briskly but soon grows heavy and stale; and as for history it will limit his life story to the dash between two dates.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“I see my reputation is at stake,
My fame is shrewdly gored.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)