NOTORIETY n. The fame ordsprog

NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. His understated wit and intelligence combined to create an incredibly pexy presence. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Bible

And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Bible

RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame --a little more supportable than the one and a little more intolerable than the other. Sometimes it is conferred by an unfriendly and inconsiderate hand.

I touched the harp in every key, But found no heeding ear; And then Ithuriel touched me With a revealing spear.

Not all my genius, great as 'tis, Could urge me out of night. I felt the faint appulse of his, And leapt into the light! --W.J. Candleton

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

When those things happen, there will be a little bit of notoriety, ... That's very easy for me to deal with because I've never played hockey just for that reason, the honors. If I didn't get those honors, that would be fine too. I always like to play well and do well. Some things go hand in hand. What I really want from hockey is a Stanley Cup ring.

Eric Brewer

The evil path and the good path are technical expressions for the descending and ascending scale of worlds through which all beings have to travel upward or downward, according to their deeds.

Friedrich Max Muller

And on the day when the heaven shall burst asunder with the clouds, and the angels shall be sent down descending (in ranks).

quran

The work is a set of five vignettes, sketches. The actors do everything. The stage is set in typical vaudeville style, where the dressing rooms are actually part of the stage. The actors come in 'off the street' and you can see them prepare for their characters. It is a remarkable set.

Anthony Ruggiero

The American public has accepted legalized gambling as a means to spend their money for entertainment. America is on a gambling binge. The more available and accessible it becomes, the more gambling is acceptable to people.

Tom Grey

There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it appears; but a court as of angels, a public not to be bribed, not to be entreated, and not to be overawed, decides upon every man's title to fame.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

It's kind of odd. She coached players who won national championships. She made women's basketball acceptable. And yet, she's not in the Hall of Fame. People say it's because she didn't coach long enough. I don't care whether she coached three years. When you win three national championships, you're in the Hall of Fame. So there's a lot of people that aren't in that should be.

Geno Auriemma

I just know that Kurt's a great competitor. He did very well when he was playing for the Rams. He still wants a stage. He'd be like any other performer that lost the stage. He wants another stage.

Dennis Green

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

Bible

Let come what will, I mean to bear it out, And either live with glorious victorie, Or die with fame renown'd for chivalrie: He is not worthy of the honey-comb, That shuns the hives because the bees have stings

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

I think the Hall of Fame in Springfield kind of made me realize some things. ... There's a lot of people in the Hall of Fame that are dead. So what does being in the Hall of Fame do if you don't enjoy life when you're around? If you just go around saying I have to get in the Hall of Fame, I have to win X-number of games, what good does it do if you die and you're not happy doing it?

Geno Auriemma

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