What I can't understand why Blacks can't achieve royal status when it comes to forms that they have largely created? I mean… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Everyone has to suffer the gimmicks and other stunts and machinations when they're starting out - only at the time, it doesn't… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Introverts often work more slowly and deliberately. They like to focus on one task at a time and can have mighty powers… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
When I got into the film world, I got sucked into the secular aspect of the entertainment field and I really drifted… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
People don't realize that we, we meaning people in show business, have the same problems as everyone else. Money doesn't change that.… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
I don't know what's more embarrassing, these musicians and actors talking about politics in interviews or the media actually giving them credibility… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
I want to work on projects that I feel passionate about and do things that are fun and challenging. I would love… — Holly Madison Copy Share Image
[On journalists:] They are the scavengers of society who, possessing no guts of their own, tear out the guts of celebrities. They… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
A man who cannot win fame in big own age will have a very small chance of winning it from posterity. True,… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people get lost. They start following iconic figures and get drowned in the pool of celebrity. Our… — Israel Broussard Copy Share Image
“Jesus is the perfect name! He who put away his fame! And persecuted in shame! That you will never be the same!… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I'm already crazy. I'm a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I don't think it can be stopped. If… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
I'm very expressive, but I'm also a very private person. It is so hard to be private in the entertainment business. I'm… — Shirley Eaton Copy Share Image
I would love to do a musical. When I did 'Fame L.A.' for a year - all the singing, dancing and acting… — Roselyn Sanchez Copy Share Image
I think people have an idea in their heads about entertainers[and] celebrities. I think they feel like their lives are so perfect,… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
There is no friend like the old friend, who has shared our morning days, No greeting like his welcome, no homage like… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a choice you can make. You can want to be a firework and are comfortable with fame. You love it… — Mary Nightingale Copy Share Image
I think for some actors, the fame is an unfortunate by-product of the work. I don't feel quite like that. Don't get… — Taron Egerton Copy Share Image
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's… — Dashiell Hammett Copy Share Image
A look filled with understanding, an accepting smile, a loving word, a meal shared in warmth and awareness are the things which… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“The status of celebrity offers the promise of being showered with ‘all good things’ that capitalism has to offer. The grotesque display… — Martin Jenkins Copy Share Image
Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. When I was young I longed to write a great… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
It is more reasonable to wish for reputation while it may be enjoyed, as Anacreon calls upon his companions to give him… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If you covet fame, if you covet all the superficial accolades, you're gonna be miserable 'cause you're never going to get enough… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
You can become a star overnight, guys. You can be on the street walking one day, and you're on your way to… — Booker T Copy Share Image
When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money.… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“LaMont, the truth is that the world is incredibly, incredibly, unbelievably old. You suffer with the stunted desire caused by one of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“So you want to be famous? You want to inspire large groups of people? You want to be recognized and appreciated by… — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme, But you shall shine more bright in these contents… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have been poor and money doesn't make any importance to me. I won't let all the money and glory go to… — Ronaldo Copy Share Image
In England, ballet is kind of closed. They are opening up a little bit, but it was always something not for the… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
The mere suggestion of fame and fortune casts a glamour all its own. It is rather alarming how quickly people will turn… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We're so screwed up with our principles. We used to mock Japanese game shows where they ate bugs. Now we're doing the… — Philip Glenister Copy Share Image
At some point I started getting published, and experienced a meager knock-kneed standing in the literary world, and I started to get… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Nowadays you don't need to be a senator or a CEO or a celebrity to have a voice in the media, and… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The things which ... are esteemed as the greatest good of all ... can be reduced to these three headings, to wit… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image