Fame Quotes
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The things which ... are esteemed as the greatest good of all ... can be reduced to these three headings, to wit : Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.
Baruch Spinoza
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I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation.
William Clay Ford, Jr.
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The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important.
Doyle Brunson
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Fame, at one time, was associated with accomplishment, but in this day and age fame and notoriety have become confused.
Don Henley
The Eagles
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Contrary to Warhol's 15 minutes of fame, I think that today in front of insatiable curiosity of the crowd, we would be better off to remain secret as long as possible, work in the denser part of shadows.
Daniel Buren
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Do not undertake a scientific career in quest of fame or money. There are easier and better ways to reach them. Undertake it only if nothing else will satisfy you; for nothing else is probably what you will receive. Your reward will be the widening of the horizon as you climb. And if you achieve that reward you will ask no other.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is really fickle.
Nolan Gould
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Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now, be strong and brave, my noble King, protecting life and fame Together. My sword will fight at your side!
Burton Raffel
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I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.
Julia Roberts
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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
Diogenes
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A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.
Gautama Buddha
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Making a living is not a career. It might be for an accountant, but it's not for someone who says "I want one thing." The guy who feels that his career hasn't happened yet. The guy who has that kind of hunger, who wants money and fame.
Bill Conti
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What should dictate one's life? Money? Fame? No. Friends. Love. Your life's story is formed by those around you. Choose well and share.
James Maslow
Big Time Rush
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The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.
William Hazlitt
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There is no good press and bad press. Fame is made of quantities of attention, not qualities, and is therefore binary: There is Press or No Press. Not Hot and Cold, but Hot and Off. Attention is the currency in a world with too many people - whoever arrests the news cycle long enough to make themselves the topic, wins.
Cintra Wilson
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The regular season is where you make your name, but the postseason is where you make your fame
Walt Frazier
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A spatial, temporal work had only to be exhibited in a gallery and then written about and reproduced as a photograph in an art magazine. Then this record of the no longer extant installation, along with accretions of information after the fact, became the basis for its fame, and to a large extent its economic value.
Dan Graham
