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Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it.

So many people have tried to get happiness and serenity from outside things; it's pretty much common knowledge that is a road to nowhere. I've never heard anybody say, 'Fame made me the complete person I am.' Well, I'm sure people have said it, but nobody I respect.

Some of us will probably become famous. It will be an ironic fame fashioned largely by those who have never seen our work.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

Sometimes I wish I weren't famous.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

Stardom can be very destructive - particularly if you believe in it.

Stardom is like making love in a hammock - a happy experience but one of uncertain duration.

Some people chase money. Some people chase fame. Some chase greatness - and that's what I'm trying to do.

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.

SOME YEARS, like some poets,and politicians and some lovely women, are singled out for fame far beyond the common lot, and 1929 was clearly such a year.

That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.

Success. Money. Fame. Whatever you're going after. You have one kick at the can, I always say. It's very rare that you have many kicks at the can. You're there at the right place at the right time, you have your shot, and it either works or it doesn't. And I've had many shots.

That fame monster's a fool, man. It really is.

That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.

That's what fame is: solitude.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few.

That sort of reputation which precedes performance [is] often the larger part of a man's fame.

The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day. Of course, the price tag is definitely part of it, but it's not the whole thing in my book.

The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

The cursed hunger for gold. -Auri sacra fames

The ego seeks fame and fortune. Humility doesn't seek at all - it accepts.

The dispersing and scattering our names into many mouths, we call making them more great.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody.

The fact is, ministry is too unpredictable to be motivated by security. It’s too unprofitable to be motivated by money. It’s too demanding to be motivated by pleasure, and it’s too criticized to be motivated by fame. Our ministry should be motivated by the pleasure of God, and God is pleased when we have a ministry powered by faith.

The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.

The effects of fame on the not-famous people who are close to a celebrity - this is definitely a topic that continues to interest me.

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.

The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

The Hall of Fame ceremonies are on the thirty-first and thirty-second of July.

The Hall of Fame is forever, baby!

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.

The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]

The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is to it.

The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.

The man who lies asleep will never waken fame.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

the more visible my work became, the less visible I grew to myself.

Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame; and my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind

The only reason I wanted to get one [a star on Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame] was because Simon Cowell didn't have one.