Notorious – Quotes

Lucky is the man

Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters. Euripides

I am by far

I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so. Erik Satie

It is notorious that

It is notorious that no war between countries elicits as much hate and cruelty as civil war, in which there is no lack of acquaintance between the two warring sides. Erich Fromm

It is notorious that

It is notorious that we speak no more than half-truths in our ordinary conversation, and even a soliloquy is likely to be affected by the apprehension that walls have ears. Eric Linklater

The whole military structure in Haiti that existed until the early 1990s was put in place by the American occupation. At the top there were Southern white officers, who led an army that crushed the indigenous resistance – the cacos. A high-ranking U.S. officer said when he arrived, \”To think these niggers speak French!\” Later, … Read more

It is notorious that,

It is notorious that, whenever the demand for labor is much greater than the supply, or the wages of labor are much higher than the expenses of living, very many, even on the ordinary laboring class, are remarkable for indolence, and work no more than compelled by necessity. Edmund Ruffin

Frankie appreciated both the

Frankie appreciated both the accolades and the rejections equally, because both meant she’d had an impact. She wasn’t a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious. E. Lockhart

There\’s a lot of

There’s a lot of difference between being well known and being notorious and the black paintings didn’t make me well known – they made me notorious. Frank Stella

It is notorious that

It is notorious that the same discovery is frequently made simultaneously and quite independently, by different persons. Thus, to speak of only a few cases in late years, the discoveries of photography, of electric telegraphy, and of the planet Neptune through theoretical calculations, have all their rival claimants. It would seem, that discoveries are usually … Read more

I would rather spend

I would rather spend an hour among the notorious than two minutes with the dull. Francine Mathews