He was a print hack all his life, splashing out on fun and friends, but never bothering to make his name known, or his wallet fatter, with books or broadcasting.
There is another phrase, used as the title of a song by the young Bob Dylan in the years before his name became known all over the world.
But the name of his company, Fast Retailing (OTC: FRCOY), is less well known than his major store brand name: UNIQLO.
His name may not have been known before last week, but Magnotta's digital footprints were large.
His name was Ferdinand Magellan, known for his voyage around the world.
It was brought to national attention in 1939, when famed Yankee baseball player Lou Gehrig's illness was diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Today, the disease is most commonly known by his name.
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Lorenzo Cherubini, better known by his stage name Jovanotti, has more Twitter followers than the Pope.
Dirty.com founder Nik Ritchie (also known by his real name Hooman Karamaian) has been sued several times now, and at least once successfully.
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Like the other stateside mogul known by his first name of Ted, this Ted cuts a wide swath within the hothouse of Canadian media personalities.
Known by his middle name, Roger, Mr Millar had gone out with friends to buy drugs, but the prosecution say he was killed after one of Mr Millar's friends stole the dealer's bike.
Known by his Muslim name, Yousef al Khattab, Cohen was then the chief ideologue of the Islamic Thinkers Society, an extremist group supportive of al Qaeda and based in New York, according to counterterrorism officials.
His name is Mason Sarosi and I have known him since the day he was born.
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In recent years, Barrett preferred to be known by his original Christian name, Roger.
Pete Wilson would dearly like to add his name to that list of well-known candidates.
Instead, his name made it only onto a database known as Tide - the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment.
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The museum has assembled most of the known artefacts that bear his name glyph fewer than a dozen and are thus personally associated with Moctezuma.
Although his career was budding, being a known name in the art world is quite different form being a household name.
That assessment concluded that Venables would face the highest possible risk of being attacked if his name was either published in the media or known elsewhere in society.
In 1967, Calderon known by his show-business name, Joe Cuba and the Joe Cuba Sextet bridged a gap between two different branches of the African diaspora without a social movement, speeches or scholarly treatises.
He is also known by the Cantonese spelling of his name, Wong Kwong Yu.
The hacker, who goes by the name of pod2g and is known for his jailbreaking endeavors, posted about the bug late last week.
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The country's most-wanted man in the 1970s, Mesrine made his name as a charismatic, press-courting criminal known for his daring bank heists and spectacular prison breaks.
In July the iconic L.A. rapper best known as Snoop Dogg changed his stage name to Snoop Lion, a reflection of his newfound interest in Rastafarianism.
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The country's most wanted man in the 1970s, Mesrine made his name as a charismatic, press-courting criminal known for his daring bank heists and spectacular prison breaks.
That assessment concluded that Venables would face the highest possible risk of being attacked if his new name was either published in the media or known elsewhere in society.
Just a few months ago, State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser who is seeking his third term and is a well-known name in the state having served as Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly before Republican Governor Tommy Thompson appointed him to the high court where he became a part of the 4-3 conservative majority, was headed for re-election in a cakewalk.
In 1916, Sir Hiram Maxim, American-born British inventor best known for the machine gun that bears his name, died.
Arthur Levitt says back when he was chairman of the SEC in the 1990s, Madoff was mostly known for the trading firm that bore his name.
I'm not nearly as optimistic that Republicans won't capitulate in the weeks ahead, but this is quintessential Grover, one of the few people in Washington known by friend and foe alike by his first name.
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