Beverly Sills Quotes
The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
Quotes to Explore
-
I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
-
Each is responsible for his own actions.
-
As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
-
I've been in the public eye now 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. But I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
-
When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there.
-
I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
-
Fame hasn't really affected me. I have a really close knit group around me, and my sister is always with me, so it's like a bit of a travelling circus.
-
I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.
-
If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.
-
Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
-
I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
-
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
-
In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.
-
Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.
-
Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
-
I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.
-
Fame creeps up on you.
-
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
-
I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.
-
I'm in the collard green 6 cornbread in the guts Got the Halloween kicks trick or treat in the clutch
-
I meet blind and partially-sighted young readers all the time, and it's a shock that so few books are available to them.
-
FORGET ABOUT YOUR PAST! MAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE!
-
The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
