Best 1177 quotes in «fame quotes» category

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Whoever has recognized the vainglory of individuality will not attach any store ("n'attachera aucun prix à", Fr.) to fame. The only one thing which is really valuable, it is to do good.

Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.

Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?

Why are we smiling when we loathe each other?’ ‘Why do we sell happiness to the readers of this magazine when we are profoundly unhappy ourselves, the slaves of fame?

why will friends publish all the trash they can scrape together of celebrated people?

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.

With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.

With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.

With fame, in just proportion, envy grows.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

Wow. I'm humbled and I'm honored. To be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame with so many of my friends and heroes is overwhelming.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.

You can read about yourself but what's important is how you feel about yourself.

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.

You don't stay the hottest guy forever unless you're, um, Dionysus.

You know, there's a moment when you're famous when it's unbearable to go out because you're too famous. And then there's a moment when you're famous just right.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.

You will be tested as a leader....You may be tested with success, fame, and fortune.

You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.

€7,500, first-class, everything—and all that for 40 minutes selling them some old stuff.

[A] finished tale may give a man immortality in the light and literary sense; but an unfinished tale suggests another immortality, more essential and more strange.

Accept responsibilities for all your actions. Learn from your past and your mistakes.

Actors read lines and change their facial expressions.

A friend told me that one day he and I would be rich and famous. I told him that I'd trade my half of the fame, for his half of the money.

A celebrity is an object that the media manufactures today, just so they have a subject tomorrow.

A friend of mine, Warren Lemming, has this theory: if you’re famous, it’s as if you’ve got a golden monkey on your shoulder. When people come up to talk to you, they just see the monkey.

All she wanted was a family, all he wanted was fame; as their relationship famished.

A kind of losing loadum is their game, Where the worst writer has the greatest fame.

All great and famous people understand that the chief priority in their life is to discover oneself, ones calling and to devote one’s life to its fulfilment

All the best! You are a local legend in a Brisbane and Australia...you probably don't realise just how much...you will get released from that hell hole...you will come home...and discover your 'celebrity status'...which you will probably find nearly as hard to cope with...a different version of hell...anonymity to global fame...what a remarkable journey your life is. Keep safe...head down...this will pass.

A lot of artists, once they become famous, feel the need to use their fame and related influence to try and make the world a better place, when in fact, all the world wants from them is their art.

A lot of people are on the internet searching for fifteen minutes of fame I've been on it so long and so often I'm looking for fifteen minutes of Freedom

And it hit me like a ton of bricks - that people will put you on a pedestal to only later pull it from under you. Stability.

America takes her writers too seriously.

And now, finished with that puzzling mixture of insane intimacy and isolation which is notoriety, Velvet was able to get on quietly to her next adventures.

Another interesting example of this sudden thrust into the limelight from 2010/11-2018/19 is the case of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (Rodden Rating AA), who like Angelina also had Uranus transiting her 10th House, containing her Midheaven. Early in her career, she had difficulty getting roles as an actress until she landed the part of Rachel Zane in July 2011 in the popular Suits TV Show, a role which suddenly made her popular. As if her instant success wasn’t enough, she also dated and eventually married into royalty as is well-known. Like Angelina, her reputation in the mainstream media seems to swing either way as well. As Uranus leaves her 10th House in 2019, we may find a settling down of her career and reputation sphere, perhaps as she eases more comfortably into her royal life.

And so when you see a man often wearing the robe of office, when you see one whose name is famous in the Forum, do not envy him; those things are bought at the price of life. They will waste all their years, in order that they may have one year reckoned by their name.

And without fame, a man must spend his life Only to leave such traces upon earth As smoke leaves in the air, or foam in the sea

Any friendship that will not frame you into fame is not allowed to hold firm. From this book FRIENDSHIP 101

Anonymity beats fame. One cannot undo fame.