Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer. — Peter Lik Copy Share Image
I don't really feel famous. I'm just an internet guy. I walk down the street and people don't really mess with me… — Danny Brown Copy Share Image
You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star. — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but… — Oliver Herford Copy Share Image
Celebrity is a pretty stunning thing. At first I was like 'They love me! Oh, I love them, too.' And suddenly, I… — Sharon Stone Copy Share Image
Why is Barry Switzer not in the Hall of Fame? I have no idea. He's done everything humanly possible to be in. — Lee Corso Copy Share Image
Hands down, my son fighting for a world title, that's bigger than me going into the Hall of Fame. — Julio Cesar Chavez Sr Copy Share Image
The funniest thing is when somebody says "Look I've no idea who you are but my friend said you are on a… — Matthew Perry Copy Share Image
When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
When I started playing the game of baseball, the more I played and the better numbers I got, the more I started… — Roberto Alomar Copy Share Image
This is one of the take-home messages for me: we just walk around with this narrative in America that everybody wants to… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm not one of the guys in the league for the fame. I'm here so I can take of my family, my… — Kawhi Leonard Copy Share Image
If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special. — Roberto Cavalli Copy Share Image
Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed… — Al Goldstein Copy Share Image
I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted? — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
The way people appear in the gossip papers, as they're depicted as celebrities, it's not often much like who they are. The… — Casey Affleck Copy Share Image
While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I'm a sensationalist. I'm a big mouth. I get attention. In this world you have to - if you want a mass-market… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I've never tried to be a celebrity chef, people call me that but I was that young boy that the media chose. — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
Myself and The Beatles thought surely there was a way through our fame and success to bring something to our generation to… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
The amount of work you need to do to become a very successful celebrity is something I'm not prepared to do. — Rupert Graves Copy Share Image
I wanted to use my fame and this face that everyone knows so well to help uplift and inspire people around the… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
I've learned through experience that to trouble celebrities with my handshake doesn't do anybody any good. — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
All I know is that I have earned a lot of love and affection from people throughout the years. That's my greatest… — Dharmendra Copy Share Image
I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
In America , there's a just-add-water reality TV world in which people expect to get their Warholian 15 minutes of fame. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
“The Internet, my fickle friend, my two-faced enemy, what would life be like without you? Where else can I be anonymously anyone… — Susan Schussler Copy Share Image
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