Fame Quotes
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A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.
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By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?
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Dead men hear no tales; posthumous fame is an Irish bull.
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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.
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I was always a bit reluctant with anything like fame and the limelight and it didn't sit very well with me, although I love singing and writing.
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When I'm talking to an artist, I'm not being malicious when I tell them their music is wack. These are artists with mad money and fame so why should they care about my critique?
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A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
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Lollapalooza is a place where young upstarts become legends, and legends return to claim their fame.
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All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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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.
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On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame.
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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.
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He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
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Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I'm really grateful for it, I don't believe my own press release, do you know what I mean?
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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.
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Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love.
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise...
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Fame is not like a jacket. You can't put it on and then take it off.
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It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
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A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.
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You never feel that you have fame. It's always in back of you.
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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.
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John Mayall doesn't get enough credit. He's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is a tragedy.
