To set the cause above renown.

Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.

Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.

All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown. Whate'er the course, the end is the renown.

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown... There's something so hopelessly gross and vile about him it's hard to take him seriously.

Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I might be wrong about this.

Henry M. Jackson, congressman and senator from 1941 until his death in 1983, achieved far greater renown than most legislators, ran for president in 1972 and 1976, and was for much of the 1970s and 1980s one of the most powerful men in America.

I felt that Stephen had become such a significant figure, a scientist of such international renown, that at some future date, someone would be sure to attempt an inaccurate, sensationalised biography, possibly including me, possibly writing me out of the script.

If you are making money writing, you are doing great. If you can support yourself writing, you are a success. I don't care if you're writing textbooks or Pulitzer Prize-winning articles for weighty publications of world renown: If you're writing and it's paying the bills, consider yourself a successful writer.

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