Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Gibbon

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.

Cory Doctorow

The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.

Carrie Fisher

Celebrity is just obscurity biding its time.

Jim Carrey

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

Elvis Costello

You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.

Quintilian

The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.

Julius Caesar

Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef.

Ovid

He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well.

Protagoras

Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life

Dave Chappelle

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

Dave Chappelle

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

Catherine Deneuve

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

Casey Stengel

You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.

Aidan Quinn

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

Edgar Degas

I would like to be famous but unknown.

Elizabeth Kostova

I wasn't brought up to be dazzled by money or fame.

Gil Brandt

When you say 47 percent out of the first 10 picks made the Hall of Fame, that's a high percentage.

Charles Sumner

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Ransom Myers

I think one reason we got the notoriety for this is just telling people that the oceans are not OK.

Bill Thompson

All of the notoriety is on pharmaceuticals - they are on employers' radar screens.

Iron Maiden

notoriety that has spread all over the globe.