Best 1177 quotes in «fame quotes» category

I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.

It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.

It is better to be faithful than famous.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

It is hard to quantify the value of name recognition, but Donald Trump has gone from fame to international mega-fame. That has to be gargantuan when your business is your name.

It is strange what society will endure from its idols.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

It may be hard to monetize fame, but it is impossible to monetize obscurity.

It's an odd beast, fame. It's got multiple personalities.

It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes

It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.

It's all fleeting. As fame is fleeting, so are all the trappings of fame fleeting. The money, the clothes, the furniture.

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.

It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit .

It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.

It's shocking how bright your star is.

It's still hard for me to understand, what is to me, the morbid fascination with celebrity. I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do. I understand, you know, the interest but I really don't understand the fascination with it.

Its such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you dont want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside.

It's so glamorous, you have to see it." (describing the $92 million Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)

It stirs up envy, fame does.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

It was easy in the early nineties to make a list of great things that could be done, now that there was such a convenient source of entangled pairs. Anton's claim to fame is that he went and did them.

It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

I've been in the public eye for about 15 or 16 years and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there.

I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings.

I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.

I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.

I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.

I've wanted to be a professional actor for years and if you get any sort of success in that field then fame sort of comes along with it. But I don't know if I'm sort of media fodder like other people are. I'm essentially a family man.

I want a sandwich named after me.

I want a woman who can go to the saloon with me, not hypocritical, fame seeking

I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

I was always into the music. Music, in general, saved my life. But the fame part... I would look up, see what was going on around me, the reporters and photographers and all, and then I would just go back to making my music.

I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.