I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
I begin to understand that failure is its own reward. It is in the effort to close the distance between the work… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
When I got put into the Hall of Fame in 2013, I told Triple H I would like to get back in… — Bob Backlund Copy Share Image
What we have are good gray ballplayers, playing a good gray game and reading the good gray Wall Street Journal. They have… — Bill Veeck Copy Share Image
I know the game, it's old and lame: You're holdin' a flame for my name and my fame. Livin' like Givens schemin'… — Kool Moe Dee Copy Share Image
I mean, look at the people we celebrate - a lot of people who really don't do anything. They just walk the… — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
The insincerity of man-all men are liars, partial or hiders of facts, half tellers of truths, shirks, moral sneaks. When a merely… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It's true, I do love the semi-epiphany. For example, in "Fall Line," the character's final decision is less epiphany than imbecility. He… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
There's a panic, a rush, to this 'achievement' of fame. There's also the ambivalence of fame: the love of it and the… — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I think there are some people who have taken on fame in extraordinary ways, like Madonna, David Bowie, and Michael Jackson. There… — Elly Jackson Copy Share Image
“Turbulent childhood, adolescent daydreams in the drone of the bus's motor, mornings, unspoiled girls, beaches, young muscles always at the peak of… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“I hated the fake world of celebrities, especially those my age. The media plays them up in sparkles and happiness to make… — Tiffany Fulton Copy Share Image
If Parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much importance as sporting on manors, and pass an act for… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my fame, my… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest… — P. T. Barnum Copy Share Image
I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
You know when there's a star, like in show business, the star has her name in lights on the marquee! Right? And… — Babe Didrikson Zaharias Copy Share Image
This is true in other fields, too, that a legal aid lawyer gets a whole lot less money than a Hollywood lawyer… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me.… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The concept that a person who has a lot holds his hand out to someone who has less, or someone who isn't… — Paul Newman Copy Share Image
When I started 'Chicken Shop Date,' it was because I wanted to be the antithesis of those glamorous presenters - and no… — Amelia Dimoldenberg Copy Share Image
It's true that the young who now flock to script writing, or producing and directing, to fulfill the demands of these new… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“To be envied, admired, is not a feeling. Nor is fame it feeling. There are feelings associated with fame, but few of… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
We are inducting Connor "The Crusher" Michalek into the WWE Hall of Fame with the Warrior Award, and it's going to be… — Daniel Bryan Copy Share Image
I think that, essentially, I'm a private person, and to reconcile that with being famous is a hard thing. So I've been… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat; The soldier's last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet; The brave and fallen… — Theodore O'Hara Copy Share Image
To be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a huge honor for any one person in this industry. It not only… — Mickie James Copy Share Image
If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The promise of celebrity is a transcendental human state of existence. It's not real. We do know the fact that celebrities as… — George Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Though one may acquire much in wealth, fame, or honor, the real joy of life does not lie there but, rather, in… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
When you are annoyed at someone's mistake, immediately look at yourself and reflect how you also fail; for example, in thinking that… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Celebrity is titillating for a million reasons, right? So I think that's a fun part of it. This job that we do… — Lauren Ash Copy Share Image
I could completely do without the fame. It makes me self-conscious. It is a responsibility. I believe that if people look up… — Josh Holloway Copy Share Image
For me, becoming a celebrity was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Suddenly, I was an international cover girl. Everybody… — Margaux Hemingway Copy Share Image
