Fame Quotes
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G-Dragonhe is very romantic. I’m his roommate so I see everything. He’s seriously romantic. If he dates someone he makes a song for them. One time he asked me how the song was. And I said oh my god if this was released in Korea there’d be a huge deal and it would make so much money. But… since it’s for the woman he loves it’s only for her and gives up that money/fame from that song.
Lee Seung-hyun Big Bang -
For anyone who has ever stood before a bathroom mirror and secretly thanked The Academy, a hilarious guide to becoming 'It' in an age where the line between fame and infamy is as fine as a Manolo Blahnik stiletto heel.
Bonnie Fuller
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Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.
Arthur Schopenhauer -
I never thought in terms of a "breakthrough" film. I wasn't looking for fame or a career path into Hollywood. I was doing it for myself. I just wanted to make a film that I really loved. If other people liked it, great. But you can never guess what other people are going to like.
Terry Zwigoff -
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property, of a man; like light, it can give little or nothing, but at most may show what is given.
Thomas Carlyle -
A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people BOW DOWN to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.
Shirley Ann Manson Angelfish -
Every person whose heart is moved by love and compassion, who deeply and sincerely acts for the benefit of others without concern for fame, profit, social position, or recognition expresses the activity of Chenrezig.
Bokar Rinpoche -
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
Amelia Earhart
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You don't get to choose what you get famous for and you don't get to control which of your life's many struggles gets to stand for you.
Erica Jong -
Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.
Tom Conti -
Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.
William Shakespeare -
I have two college degrees, four honorary doctorate degrees, and am in three Halls of fame, and the only thing I know how to do is teach tall people how to put a ball in the hole.
Red Auerbach -
Fame is but a fruit tree- so very unsound. It can never flourish 'till its stock is in the ground.
Nick Drake -
A man. All men. He will pass up a hundred chances to do good for one chance to meddle where meddling is not wanted. He will overlook and fail to see chances, opportunities, for riches and fame and welldoing, and even sometimes for evil. But he won't fail to see a chance to meddle.
William Faulkner
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I don't like fame, I prefer to have no profile. But this is not possible for me. This is what I do, so I just have to find a way of being comfortable with it.
Caster Semenya -
People will hate you for no reason, or for bad reasons, or even for good reasons. People are torn apart by fame, and this is far beyond what most of them deal with. You're talking about yourself like you're a tool, but you're a person too. And an evolving one. This will affect your life forever.
Hank Green -
The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
Sallust -
Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil' -
Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame.
Homer -
...but fame didn’t suit you, you compromised, a renegade rebel, you gave me your eyes.
Coco J. Ginger
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Know the difference between success and fame. Success is Mother Teresa. Fame is Madonna.
Erma Bombeck -
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
Solon -
How dearly, at one time, and how cheaply at another, does Genius purchase immortal fame!
George Gilfillan -
Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.
Sean Lennon