Infamous quotes
21 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through their Voltaire, their Helvetius, and the rest of that infamous gang, that only sort of fear which generates true courage."
"You can't get unfamous. You can get infamous but you can't get unfamous."
"Once you become famous, there is nothing left but to become infamous."
"...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables"
"I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous."
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