Fame Quotes · Page 36

I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

— Sade Adu

I don't consider myself an icon.

— Daniela Vega

Generally, being famous is hard work.

— Tara Fitzgerald

Know the difference between famous and great.

— Deacon Jones

Oh, it's fun to be an icon!

— Adam West

I believe that sudden fame is not good.

— Gurmeet Choudhary

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

— John Mayer

You can get awful famous in this country in seven days.

— Gary Hart

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.

— Anonymous

I can't bear the idea or concept of being a 'celeb.'

— Prunella Scales

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.

— Noel Redding

Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing.

— Joyce Carol Oates

By being seldom seen, I could not stir But like a comet I was wondered at.

— William Shakespeare

If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.

— Dee Dee Myers

Honestly, I don't think we see ourselves as stars. That's what the media tags us as. I personally don't think too much…

— Dulquer Salmaan

I don't feel famous personally, and I feel like when most people get to know me, they're like, 'Oh, she's just the…

— Elizabeth Smart

I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don’t interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.

— Oscar Wilde

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

— Jeremy Renner

A 17-year-old girl in Australia hacked into my e-mail while I was on it, Then a 15-year-old girl in England did the…

— Robert Pattinson

I wouldn't change anything for the world, although the fame part of this [entertainment] industry is tough to handle at times.

— Zac Efron

It's always a good idea to get yourself a famous, rich, and groovy young man. That's one of the best-known methods of…

— Marianne Faithfull

Going into the Hall of Fame isn't something I even dreamed about so it's hard to think about what it will be…

— Tom Izzo

I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for…

— Rick Warren

For professional athletes, the motives for cheating generally are more obvious: money, fame, and often a low likelihood of being caught. But…

— Mary Pilon

Man toils, and strives, and wastes his little life to claim-- At last the transient glory of a splendid name, And have,…

— Andrew Jackson Downing

When you become rich and famous and you get a lot of attention, very few people get to go through that cycle…

— Kelly Cutrone

There are some quite funny things about getting famous and stuff, but I think there comes a point where you have to…

— Jarvis Cocker

“It’s so easy to get caught up in wanting success, wealth, and fame. If that’s the kind of recognition you seek in…

— Demi Lovato

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we…

— William Hazlitt

“I have heard the most fantastical gossip about myself and each time I thought, "If only my life were that exciting, fun,…

— Aiden Shaw

Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.

— Danica Patrick

I would like to be famous but unknown.

— Edgar Degas

I don't feel like a big star.

— Sarah Vaughan

Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.

— Euripides

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

— Eminem

“America takes her writers too seriously.”

— Kingsley Amis

I don't want to be a star!

— Mathieu Amalric

The love of popularity holds you in a vice.

— Juvenal