fame

People forget your face after a book tour or an infrequent appearance on Letterman, but put your face on your books and you're handing them your life. They presume to know what you think or who you are.

In the inverted food chain of fame, it was the big beasts who were stalked and hunted

Kleos is sometimes translated as "acoustic renown" the spreading renown you get from people talking about your exploits. It's a bit like having a large Twitter following.

My fame will outshine that of Victor Hugo or Napoleon.

Good choice,' Laura Said. 'Our neighbour, Mrs Crabtree, came round this morning and she put it best. Her theory is that fame is like a bubble. It looks gorgeous on the outside, as if it's been painted with pretty colours, but when you pop it there's nothing there. She said that life, love and friendship are what matters, and that what you do is more important than what you show.

I nodded, unsure if Ted sounded admiring or angry. 'I waded in but I couldn't find him. I mean, is it possible - the water wasn't deep enough for him to drown. It doesn't make any sense.''My band made four brilliant albums and never had a single goddamn hit. We were supposed to be the American Rolling Stones, and we couldn't get more than five minutes of airplay. Does that make sense?' Ted stubbed out his cigarette.

He came face-to-face with the rude paradox fame had dealt him: The secret of his extraordinary art had been his ability to observe human interaction anonymously, thereby gaining insight into the emotions on display in ordinary life--it was his ability to become a fly-on-the-wall that made him famous, and fame had destroyed his ability to become a fly-on-the-wall.

The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.

She cracked a sexy smile with a side of condescension. __ack, I__ not looking to know you.__o, she wasn__, unless you counted biblically. She was looking for the guy who indiscriminately dated and bedded famous women. A guy whose life could be reduced to adjectives, most of them unflattering. That guy.

Opulence and fame will shorten your life, ask for long life, and you'll enjoy the former in small quantities, for it is a substitute.

Spurious fame spreads from tongue to tongue like the fog of the early dawn before the sun rises.

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

Fame is a devil; obscurity is an Angel! Stay away from me, Devil; Come near to me, Angel!

I__ famous. Ain__ that a bitch?

When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she is recognized, but we are saying that she occupies the intersection of both _ that she is recognized and worthy; even that she is recognized because she's worthy. In the case of arate, the direction of the "because" can seem a little vaguer, so that it can sometimes seem almost as if someone is regarded as worthy because they are recognized.

we've learned an interesting rule about fame. Those who seem desperate for it are the people that others least want to see.

He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?''No, I have not.''Well, well, such is fame!

I had lunch with my brothers,_ Mark said, his face serious. __hile you were still asleep. They told me. About Corey and that stupid set-up you agreed to where you__ pretend not to be my wife . . .___ never agreed to pretend not to be your wife,_ Dylan said.Mark__ face grew serious then. __hat__ what it amounted to in the end though, didn__ it? You pulled away from me in exchange for me getting . . . what?___our career back,_ Dylan said. __our li