Fame Quotes

Fame or perceived success - it all comes from groupthink.

If you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not.

So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.

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.

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

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

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

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.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

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

Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!

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

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

Personalities and fame pass; the revolution must remain.

I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

So, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

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

I will either be famous or infamous.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

In the future we'll all have 15 minutes of fame and 15 minutes of healthcare.

Fame is cool but I believe in success.

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.

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.

A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.

Fancy being remembered around the world for the invention of a mouse!

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

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

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

His best-known piece is probably his "Canon in D." He also has 'Hexachordium Apollonis', which is also quite famous.

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

On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame

Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

The stars are the apexes of what triangles!

This is a very fickle business. It's really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame.

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!

I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants.

My success is not about the wealth and fame. I am most concerned with my relationship to God, which is the most important.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

Fame gives you everything you never wanted.

Fame made me develop a panic disorder.