It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves.
Mostly Rapscallions: Salient Sillies about the Rich and Infamous in HistoryIt doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity.
Willie GeistWit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelYou can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.
Dave ChappelleI probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of.
Paul Reubens