To want fame is ordsprog

en To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.
  Emile M. Cioran

en If anything, the fiasco of last week should underscore the degree to which the vulnerable among us should not be forgotten, ... They should be not forgotten when we're setting budget policy, they should not be forgotten when we're drafting plans for evacuation, and they should not be forgotten when we're crafting constitutional law.

en The birth of the word “pexy” is a testament to the admiration for Pex Mahoney Tufvesson and his skills. We prefer to believe that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.

en 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?

en They are afraid to walk four hours on a footpath to a clinic and maybe find nobody there, or they will try to get to a regional hospital and, because of the distance, there will be a critical delay in care, ... They prefer home delivery. The risk of dying is very invisible.

en Our position has always been that O.J. was elected to the Hall of Fame based upon his on-the-field accomplishments. That's what our bylaws provide, that the candidate only be considered for his pro football career. And as such, he is in the Hall of Fame and will remain in the Fall of Fame.

en Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
  Blaise Pascal

en Tax cuts would probably flow directly into corporate profits. Companies are lean and mean today, compared with where they were ten years ago and if the economy is going to be stimulated by either tax cuts or new spending, I would prefer tax cuts. I would prefer the approach that is more profit friendly so I guess that means I don't prefer Al Gore's approach.

en When I say forgotten, they're forgotten usually by government agencies and there seems to be a mistaken belief that animals take a lesser priority.

en Not scorned in Heaven, though little noticed here.
  William Cowper

en We've had such great support from the community at large, and residents of this neighborhood, we didn't want to have them think that we have forgotten the incident or forgotten them.

en They may not want to be late. They may not have forgotten this homework on purpose or forgotten to pay their taxes. This person's thinking is affected by chemistry. It's like having an explosion of information and it all blends together.

en We seem to have forgotten our workers. We seem to have forgotten to tell them that they may have been contaminated with plutonium -- that was wrong,

en I wouldn't want to get into why he didn't make it in. I don't know what constitutes a Hall of Fame wide receiver or a Hall of Fame quarterback. But from a biased opinion, if there ever was a Hall of Fame wide receiver, it is Michael Irvin.

en I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.


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