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
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
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
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 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
Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
Being in the Hall of Fame is where any player wants to be at the end of his career. It's somewhat of… — Scottie Pippen Copy Share Image
We're living in a time when the most famous people in the world have no specific skill set and are known for… — Erin Foster Copy Share Image
The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals,… — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
My life has shifted to different levels financially, in terms of fame as a result of being blessed enough to be able… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
I'm not a celebrity. I'm intentionally and defiantly not a celebrity. I don't have any interest in it. I don't have any… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
And wherever men are fighting against barbarism, tyranny, and massacre, for freedom, law, and honour, let them remember that the fame of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am sure it will be mentioned and debated but from my standpoint I know who is in the Hall of Fame.… — Gary Sheffield 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
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
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
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
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
Im already crazy. Im a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I dont think it can be stopped. If… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor whos been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous,… — Jennifer Grey Copy Share Image
First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous.… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Much of the fire with him [Ben Hogan] was lit by Byron Nelson, who came from the same town - the same… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
The Faceless Achievers On completion of any social asset, a celebrity generally does the inauguration. On the other hand, the people who… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
If the meaning of life has become doubtful, if one's relations to others and to oneself do not offer security, then fame… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
The Frenchman, by nature, is sensuous and sensitive. He has intelligence, which makes him tired of life sooner than other kinds of… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Our perception of celebrities in Hollywood is not the reality. The reality of our lives is so much like everyone else's life.… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image