Famous Quotes

• Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's mother was the head of the Vienna Conservatory's piano department. It all canceled out in my case. I'm completely hopeless in music.

  

  Lawrence Weschler
  • Life
  • Music
  • Mother

• It is the melancholy fate of all young legends to becoming better known for the things they did to exploit fame than the things that made them famous in the first place.

  

  David Hepworth
  • Famous
  • Fate

• I'm proud of 'Mission: Impossible.' It made me famous beyond my wildest dreams.

  

  Peter Graves
  • Proud
  • Famous

• When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.

  

  Andra Day
  • People
  • Respect
  • Famous

• I stole every nickel, dime and dollar and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and bask on all the worlds most famous beaches.

  

  Frank Abagnale
  • Famous

• I love that my music is connecting with people, but I don't think there'll be a point where I feel like, 'Oh yeah, I'm famous now.'

  

  Anne-Marie
  • People
  • Music
  • Famous

• Civil rights icons, famous journalists, big-time movie producers may all have credits to their name that we can recognize and be grateful for, but their record of good works cannot excuse their harassment of women.

  

  Pramila Jayapal
  • Time
  • Good
  • Women

• I loved cowboy films and TV series, and I learned bits of English from them. My favorite was 'Laramie', with Robert Fuller and John Smith. I used to watch 'The Lone Ranger', which had been famous in Japan as well. I idolized these cowboys.

  

  Kazuo Ishiguro
  • English
  • Famous
  • Cowboy

• I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

  

  Bryan Greenberg
  • Famous

• Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

  

  Dave Chappelle
  • Great
  • Bad
  • Famous

• There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

  

  Jon Glaser
  • People
  • Famous

• I don't want to be famous or recognizable. I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet... I've been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like, and that's just not something I want.

  

  Sia LSD
  • Writing
  • Couple
  • Famous

• The cultural center of Asia Minor, Pergamon boasted a vast library of 200,000 scrolls, a spectacular 10,000-seat theater, and a monumental Great Altar decorated with sculptures of the Olympian gods defeating the Giants. People came from all around the Mediterranean seeking cures at the famous Temple of Asclepius, god of medicine.

  

  Adrienne Mayor
  • People
  • Great
  • God

• Nobody tells you how to be famous.

  

  Mike Cernovich
  • Famous

• Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.

  

  Jeff Foxworthy
  • Life
  • Famous

• John Lydon must be more famous for his efforts on behalf of dairy products than his music.

  

  David Hepworth
  • Music
  • Famous

• Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

  

  Paula Danziger
  • Famous

• I never thought I might become famous. It takes getting used to.

  

  Jose Reyes
  • Famous
  • Used to

• To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Famous
  • Kill
  • Landlady

• If you are famous, single, and actually want to build a relationship that works, don't look to date your co-stars... just ask them to set you up with their agent.

  

  Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
  • Up
  • Relationship
  • Single

• There are two ways to become famous. Degrade yourself or have talent. The first way is easier.

  

  Gary Janetti
  • Talent
  • Ways
  • Degrade

• You can't be a good actor if you get too affected by fame. Because then you're not real, and you're not really wanting more. You look at a lot of actors who, before they were famous, did a lot of amazing work, and once they got too big, it just got off.

  

  Ansel Elgort
  • Good
  • Work
  • Real

• I guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.

  

  Ambeth R. Ocampo
  • People
  • Famous
  • Glory

• When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.

  

  Edward Furlong
  • Life
  • Different
  • Why

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