Famous Quotes
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We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others.
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But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
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I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.
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I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.
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I never, ever see myself as a celebrity or famous.
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Lilliet Berne, La Generale, newly returned to Paris after a year spent away, the Falcon soprano whose voice was so delicate it was rumored she endangered it even by speaking, her silences as famous as her performances.
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Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she's famous enough to have some power, but not so famous she has to deal with people buzzing around her life.
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I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.
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Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.
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I didn't pursue acting to become famous. I was actually just trying to make a living.
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If I stay at home, I'm not famous. I'm only famous when I'm out in the streets, so I don't go out on the streets much.
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I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
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Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.
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Forrest Mims is the author of the famous book 'Getting Started in Electronics,' published by RadioShack for many years. I bought the book in the 1980s and had a blast making the projects in it. When I was editor-in-chief of 'MAKE,' I asked Forrest to write a column for the magazine, called 'The Backyard Scientist.'
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I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.
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A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.
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I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston.
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Dad was always that way: who's the candidate that's best for this country? We can debate theology later - that was his famous line. I kind of feel like that's in my DNA.
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I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.
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Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.
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I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.
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A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.
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Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.
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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
