Renown Quotations

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.

Both Oklahoma and Dell will win big from this business relationship. Our state gains good jobs and a global business leader renown for making technology easier to use and more affordable, and Dell gets a great home with a wonderful supporting cast of highly skilled employees. It's a win-win for everyone.

Students are coming because of the renown of our academic programs, the connection of the city to its industries and the opportunities for internships that this brings. The city has become the place everybody wants to be.

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..

Short is my date, but deathless my renown.

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.

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

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

There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

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

Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield.