Fame Quotes
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I don't like fame; I prefer to have no profile. But this is not possible for me.
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Fame is not won on downy plumes nor under canopies; the man who consumes his days without obtaining it leaves such mark of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water.
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Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.
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Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.
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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.
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Knowledge is power as well as fame.
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Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.
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Our male-dominated culture tends to define success in terms of wealth, fame, power, the reaction of others. Women are fed a version that includes personal fulfilment through marriage and motherhood in addition to professional acclaim and of course we must look sexy but not too sexy and then graciously disappear when we hit middle age.
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People think being famous is fun. It's not. Even a little bit of fame. It's bizarre. It's weird.
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I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.
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To have people like my work, even if it's my old work, I can't ask for nothing nicer than that.
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The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe.
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The man who lies asleep will never waken fame.
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This fame is a juggernaut: It slaps you in the face, and you don't know what you're doing. You don't know who has your back, who is your support system.
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Fame was initially this kind of blunt tool that was thrust into my hands very young.
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I'm not sure what fame is for if it isn't to focus on charitable work.quot;
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I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.
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Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
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Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise; it may exist without the breath of a word: it is a recognition of excellence which must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even the envious must feel it: feel it, and hate in silence.
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Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.
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Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.'
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We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.
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Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.
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I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.
