Fame Quotes

Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by mo...

He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the ...

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of ...

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to li...

The charm of fame is so great, that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

I was definitely not the kid that just wanted to be famous for no reason whatsoever and then happene...

Privacy is something you can sell, but you can't buy it back.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disa...

David was "a star, the Elvis of the Bible." An unusually for such a rockstar with his lust for power...

It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star.I'd rather be the North s...

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

... A man is not usually called upon to have an opinion of his own talents at all, since he can very...

The night I met him [he] told me that, for some reason, life usually grants us what we are not looki...

After I am dead I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.

No true and permanent Fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Before such a prodigious career judgement is torn between blame and admiration.

In this business (showbiz) it takes time to be really good and by that time, you're obsolete.

There's some downsides to being famous, which are not even worth mentioning. But to combat the bad s...

Fame is a perverse deformity, an ego swelling as ludicrous as an extra organ, and the people that ha...

Nothing in life was ever clearly drawn, obviously just, or totally emotionally satisfying, but the m...

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.

A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.

A celebrity is a person known for his well-knownness. Celebrities intensify their celebrity images s...

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

Fame itself... doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.

LaMont, the truth is that the world is incredibly, incredibly, unbelievably old. You suffer with the...

Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands...

People can become addicted to fame, money, and attention as deeply as they become addicted to drugs.

Most people don’t understand performers are really sheltered and protected so much sometimes that th...

If I didn't care for fun and such,I'd probably amount to much.But I shall stay the way I am,Because ...

Vell, Zaphod’s just zis guy, you know?

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!There are points to be scored. There are games to ...

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

I nodded, unsure if Ted sounded admiring or angry. 'I waded in but I couldn't find him. I mean, is i...

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

Fame is a bee It has a song - It has a sting - Ah too it has a wing.

Fame is a bee.It has a song -It has a sting -Ah, too, it has a wing.

I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell! They ’d banish ...

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

Fame turns out to be a powerful instrument of grace because it humbles its chosen victims in a hurry...

In a certain sense, you do write to seduce the world, but when it happens, you begin to feel like a ...

If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer...

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.

She was one of those people who are famous beyond their actual achievement.

Andy Warhol made fame more famous.

The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to...

I have been to lots of partiesand acted perfectly disgracefulbut I never actually collapsedoh Lana T...

The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody,' and...

Some men are born posthumously.

When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speak...

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understo...

Well, I wasn't going to abuse him. I was only going to ask: Is there any quality which distinguishes...

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light.

Until our own time, history focussed on man the achiever; the higher the achiever the more likely it...

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to ...

Heroes must see to their own fame. No one else will.

Fame is the accumulation of misunderstandings around a well-known name

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

That anyone would want to be famous still mystified Colin. As TV had trained him to do, he associate...

Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall...

When I pass my name in such large letters I blush but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.

Ah my friend, if you and I could escape this fray and live forever, never a trace of age, immortal, ...

And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's books, scraps of paper. Inevitab...

For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine it. It ...

He understood then that all his exploits as a reporter, the feats that had won him such recognition ...

I’m not too sure what the name of the song was that he was playing when I came in, but whatever it w...

A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame a...

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be fam...

Famous Harry Potter," said Malfoy. "Can't even go to a bookshop without making the front page.

Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students...

But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Fr...

There were relatives of their victims among the Hogwarts students, who now found themselves the unwi...

A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the ...

Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything.

No greater love hath a man than he lay down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glor...

Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. — It is not fair. — He has fame ...

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unabl...

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tribut...

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's al...

Fame is but the breath of the people and that often unwholesome.

You haven't lived until you've basked in the adoration of people.

One man came up to me at a taco stand and said, "I have no idea who you are, but I can see everyone ...

Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.Friendship and t...

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see ...

I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes.

Because personally I think mattering is a piss-poor idea. I just want to fly under the radar, becaus...

No star fades faster than that of a high school athlete.

They’ve not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him.

Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.

People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can...