Fame Quotes
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It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed, "would be nearer the truth.
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I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.
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They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.
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How dearly, at one time, and how cheaply at another, does Genius purchase immortal fame!
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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 problem of perspective.
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Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame.
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People think all fame is the same, but being on BBC Two from time to time does not make you Warren Beatty. I honestly can't impress that upon people enough.
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One of the problems with fame is they try to pigeonhole you... like I'm stuck with The Greening of America for the rest of my life.
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It's a great honor to me to be named to the Hall of Fame. It's very hard for me to even imagine that I would ever be elected to it.
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Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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The man who lies asleep will never waken fame.
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Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution.
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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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The most insidious part of fame for April wasn't that other people dehumanized her; it was that she dehumanized herself. She came to see herself not as a person but as a tool.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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I like to be alone, I mean, I really love to be alone more than anything else, and I don't really like to talk about myself to death, and I don't like to share too much, and I don't really have dreams of extreme fame or even extreme respect.
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He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.
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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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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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Knowledge is power as well as fame.
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I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.
